Gwyneth
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,769 for girls
Gwyneth is a girls' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 1,769th for girls in the US (114 babies).
What does Gwyneth mean?
Welsh
A female given name from Welsh.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gwyneth a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwyneth is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 114 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gwyneth 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 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Gwyneth, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gwyneth in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Gwyneth in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,545 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Gwyneth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,769th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 114 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 114 girls in the US were named Gwyneth, making it the 1,769th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,442nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 288 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Gwyneth in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gwyneth in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 114 | #1,769 |
| 2024 | 113 | #1,779 |
| 2023 | 105 | #1,890 |
| 2022 | 150 | #1,468 |
| 2021 | 149 | #1,441 |
| 2020 | 151 | #1,442 |
| 2019 | 166 | #1,357 |
| 2018 | 179 | #1,279 |
| 2017 | 179 | #1,308 |
| 2016 | 195 | #1,252 |
| 2015 | 236 | #1,095 |
| 2014 | 245 | #1,057 |
| 2013 | 288 | #892 |
| 2012 | 207 | #1,188 |
| 2011 | 264 | #970 |
| 2010 | 186 | #1,278 |
| 2009 | 202 | #1,231 |
| 2008 | 196 | #1,271 |
| 2007 | 213 | #1,189 |
| 2006 | 222 | #1,121 |
| 2005 | 226 | #1,054 |
| 2004 | 251 | #956 |
| 2003 | 214 | #1,054 |
| 2002 | 209 | #1,033 |
| 2001 | 199 | #1,065 |
| 2000 | 187 | #1,096 |
| 1999 | 178 | #1,112 |
| 1998 | 132 | #1,328 |
| 1997 | 69 | #2,042 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,779 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,936 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,317 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,903 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,783 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,388 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,340 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,908 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,160 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,622 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,338 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,777 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
Names like Gwyneth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Willow, Lily, Myla, Zara, Lyla, Harper, Scarlett, Mia, Freya, Ava, Mila, Delilah
Names related to Gwyneth
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, “Gwyneth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwyneth, updated 20 October 2026.