Gwyndolyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GWIN-doh-lin
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Gwyndolyn is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “white ring”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Gwyndolyn mean?
Welsh: variant of Gwendolyn, from gwen and dolen
“white ring”
The poet Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Is Gwyndolyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwyndolyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gwyndolyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Gwyndolyn, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1952, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the girls named Gwyndolyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gwyndolyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
Nicknames for Gwyndolyn
Names like Gwyndolyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gwendolyn, Evelyn, Madelyn, Emerson, Lillian, Madilyn, Elowyn, Addison, Lydia, Gracelynn, Delilah, Emma
Names related to Gwyndolyn
Gwendolynn, Gwendalyn, Gwendolen, Gwendalynn, Gwendoline, 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, “Gwyndolyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwyndolyn, updated 20 October 2026.