Gwenith

Girls' name

Wheat

Gwenith has been given to 337 babies in the U.S. since 1915. 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 1957, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Gwenith, 2020

1 in 668,000

Gwenith 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gwenith: meaning, origin, and history

Wheat

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gwenith means

Gwenith means “wheat”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Gwenith is used in Welsh.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡwɛn.ɪθ/ for Gwenith.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Gwenith → Gwyneth → Gwyneth. The family’s proposed meaning is “white; fair”, recorded in Welsh with the source elements gwyn.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gwyneth.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 337 girls were recorded with the name Gwenith between 1915 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1957; its best national rank was #2,977 in 1933.

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 Gwenith?

Gwenith had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2020: 1 in 668,000; 5 of 3,342,313 births
Among girls only: 1 in 323,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2020: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,344 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gwenith 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 2020 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 463,344 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gwenith. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gweniths were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gwenith was born before 1950 — so the typical Gwenith is around 75 today.

Median birth year: 1950; About 75 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 23.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 37.1%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 173; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 23.4% of all recorded uses (79).

Is Gwenith 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 1957 (12)
Years since peak: 68; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,977; 1933

Spellings of Gwenith

Gwenith is not the most common spelling — Gwyneth is, with 57.5% against Gwenith's 2.9%.

Gwyneth57.5%6,657
Gwenyth28.2%3,268
Gweneth11.4%1,318
Gwenith2.9%337

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.

Gwenith around the world

Where Gwenith 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.

South Australia
1944–1945
#340
in 1945

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Gwenith 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: #2,977; 1933
Peak year: 1957; 12 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 2020
All-time count: 337
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gwenith

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

Gwenna Gweneth Gwenlyn Gwenette Gwenyth Zenith Gwendoline Yudith Gwenivere Gwendalynn Gwendlyn Gwenetta Gwendola Gwendolen Gwenneth Elanith Gwenevere Gwendalyn Cledith Aerith Lylith Gwendelyn Cherith Lillith

Sibling names for Gwenith

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

Sherie Evonne Joanie Vickey Maribeth Vikki Terese Lavern

For a brother

Lonny Hayward Danial Von Michel Burt Fritz Kirby

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