Gwendalyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GWEN-duh-lin
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Gwendalyn is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “white ring”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Gwendalyn mean?
Welsh: variant of Gwendolyn, from gwen 'white, blessed' and dolen 'ring'
“white ring”
Gwendolen appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth as a legendary queen of the Britons who defeated her unfaithful husband.
Is Gwendalyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwendalyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gwendalyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Gwendalyn, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1940.
2025 had fewer girls named Gwendalyn than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Gwendalyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gwendalyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,987 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
Nicknames for Gwendalyn
Names like Gwendalyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Addison, Genesis, Madilyn, Brooklyn, Madison, Emerson, Jordyn, Cameron, Camryn, Brynn, Morgan, Jazlyn
Names related to Gwendalyn
Gwendolyn, Gwendolynn, Gwendolen, Gwendalynn, Gwendoline, Gwyndolyn, Gwendelyn
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Winifred, Meredith, Eira
Sources
Figures from 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, “Gwendalyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwendalyn, updated 20 October 2026.