Gwynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Gwynn is a girls' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Gwynn mean?
Welsh
A male given name from Welsh.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gwynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Gwynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gwynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 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, 13 girls in the US were named Gwynn, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1923.
Half of all the girls named Gwynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gwynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 24 | #2,529 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,618 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,511 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,457 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,248 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,552 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,874 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,930 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,326 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,920 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,120 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,766 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,187 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,945 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,227 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,310 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
Names like Gwynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gwen, Wynn, Brynn, Gwendolyn, Lynn, Gracelynn, Raelynn, Kit, Charlotte, Oaklynn, Braelynn, Quinn
Names related to Gwynn
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, “Gwynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gwynn, updated 20 October 2026.