Guinevere
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #898 for girls
Guinevere is a girls' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 898th for girls in the US (295 babies).
What does Guinevere mean?
Welsh
A female given name from Welsh or Proto-Celtic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Guinevere a girl's or a boy's name?
Guinevere is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 295 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Guinevere in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Guinevere, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Guinevere than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Guinevere in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Guinevere in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Guinevere in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 898th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 295 about 1 in 5,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 295 girls in the US were named Guinevere, making it the 898th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,011th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 299 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the girls named Guinevere in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Guinevere in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 295 | #898 |
| 2024 | 279 | #945 |
| 2023 | 251 | #1,008 |
| 2022 | 299 | #917 |
| 2021 | 268 | #967 |
| 2020 | 249 | #1,011 |
| 2019 | 188 | #1,244 |
| 2018 | 151 | #1,451 |
| 2017 | 192 | #1,240 |
| 2016 | 140 | #1,580 |
| 2015 | 176 | #1,350 |
| 2014 | 165 | #1,391 |
| 2013 | 127 | #1,666 |
| 2012 | 101 | #1,940 |
| 2011 | 92 | #2,088 |
| 2010 | 58 | #2,937 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,825 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,956 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,930 |
| 2006 | 73 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 62 | #2,648 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,734 |
| 2002 | 56 | #2,706 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,005 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,255 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,871 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,479 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,195 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,263 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,208 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,605 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,533 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,738 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,274 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
Names like Guinevere
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elodie, Ivy-Rose, Maeve, Amelie, Penelope, Annabelle, Phoebe, Delilah, Esme, Maisie, Willow, Aria
Names related to Guinevere
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Guinevere: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/guinevere, updated 20 October 2026.