Gwendy

Girls' name

White, fair, blessed + ring, bow, hair, brow, through Gwendoline

Gwendy has been given to 60 babies in the U.S. since 1954. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1971, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Gwendy, 1971

1 in 343,000

Gwendy over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gwendy: meaning, origin, and history

White, fair, blessed + ring, bow, hair, brow, through Gwendoline

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gwendy means

Gwendy belongs to the name family reached through Gwendy → Gwendoline → Gwendolen. Its meaning is “white, fair, blessed + ring, bow, hair, brow”.

Origin, language, and formation

Gwendy is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gwendoline and Gwendolen.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 60 girls were recorded with the name Gwendy between 1954 and 1971. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1971; its best national rank was #4,856 in 1954.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Gwendy?

Gwendy had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1971, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1971: 1 in 343,000; 10 of 3,432,187 births
Among girls only: 1 in 166,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1971: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 237,902 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gwendy sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1971 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 237,902 children born in 1971 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gwendy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gwendys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gwendy was born before 1962 — so the typical Gwendy is around 63 today.

Median birth year: 1962; About 63 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 60; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (30).

Is Gwendy rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1971 (10)
Years since peak: 54; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,856; 1954

Spellings of Gwendy

Gwendy is not the most common spelling — Wendy is, with 60.4% against Gwendy's 0.01%.

Wendy60.4%262,325
Glenda25.1%109,227
Gwen7.5%32,617
Wendi3.3%14,522
Windy1.1%4,971
Gwenda0.52%2,264
Mendy0.50%2,160
Gwenn0.35%1,502

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Gwendy around the world

Where Gwendy ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1978–2007
#6,725
in 2007

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Gwendy by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,856; 1954
Peak year: 1971; 10 that year
First recorded: 1954
Last recorded: 1971
All-time count: 60
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gwendy

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Gwenna Gwena Lundy Kreindy Amandy Gwenlyn Chandy Gwendell Gwelda Gwennyth Brindy Gwendol Gwenevieve Gweneviere Sheindy Hendy Glendy Gwendoly Gwenne Wuendy Jandy Gwenith Sundy Wandy

Sibling names for Gwendy

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Trena Charisse Darcie Michell Tressa Kerrie Nicola Latonia

For a brother

Shon Darrick Judd Douglass Alfonzo Scottie Erich Edwardo

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