Gwendolynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GWEN-do-lin
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Gwendolynn is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “white ring”. In 2025 it ranked 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Gwendolynn mean?
Welsh: spelling of Gwendolyn; from Welsh gwen + dolen
“white ring”
Gwendolen is a legendary queen of the Britons in Geoffrey of Monmouth; Wilde used it in The Importance of Being Earnest.
Meaning borrowed from Gwendolyn. More on Wiktionary.
Is Gwendolynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwendolynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gwendolynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,171among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Gwendolynn, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Gwendolynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 882 girls in the US were given Gwendolynn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #374, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.
- Gwendolyn 848
- Gwendolynn 34
Gwendolynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,317 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,903 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,505 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,346 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,930 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,471 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
Nicknames for Gwendolynn
Names like Gwendolynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynn Raelynn Gracelynn Adalynn Leilani Allison Cameron Genesis Melody Addison Scarlett Abigail
Other spellings of Gwendolynn
Names related to Gwendolynn
Gwendalyn Gwendolen Gwendalynn Gwendoline Gwyndolyn Gwendelyn
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Winifred Meredith
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, “Gwendolynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwendolynn, updated 20 October 2026.