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Gwynne

#13,798 in 2025Girls' name

Possibly white; fair, through Gwyn

Gwynne has been given to 1,433 babies in the U.S. since 1923. In 2025 it ranked #13,798 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1951, with 48 recorded.

Babies named Gwynne, 2025

1 in 553,000

Gwynne over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gwynne: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly white; fair, through Gwyn

Welsh

What Gwynne means

Gwynne belongs to the name family reached through Gwynne → Gwyn → Gwyneth → Gwyneth. Its meaning is “white; fair”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

A spelling variant of Gwyn. Doublet of Wynn.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Gwynne (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Gwynne is used in English. Its origins include Welsh.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gwyn, Wynn and Gwyneth.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,403 girls were recorded with the name Gwynne between 1923 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 48 in 1951; its best national rank was #1,345 in 1951.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,042 in 2020 to #13,798 in 2025.

In the United States, 30 boys were recorded with the name Gwynne between 1920 and 1947. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1926; its best national rank was #3,086 in 1935.

How common is Gwynne?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#13,798
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gwynne 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 2025 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gwynne. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gwynnes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gwynne was born before 1958 — so the typical Gwynne is around 67 today.

Median birth year
1958
About 67 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
25.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
4.8%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,018
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1950s — 25.0% of all recorded uses (351).

Is Gwynne 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
+244
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
12.5%
Peak was 1951 (48)
Years since peak
74
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,345
1951

Spellings of Gwynne

Gwynne is not the most common spelling — Lynne is, with 83.8% against Gwynne's 1.9%.

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.

Where Gwynne is used

Across 1910–2025, Gwynne was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 653,859 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3New Jersey1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Ohio1 in —
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in —
  7. 7South Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Gwynne has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Gwynne around the world

Where Gwynne 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
    1953–2011
    #840
    in 2011

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

Gwynne by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,798
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 244
Best rank ever
#1,345
1951
Peak year
1951
48 that year
First recorded
1923
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,403
Count in 2025
6

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,086
1935
Peak year
1926
8 that year
First recorded
1920
Last recorded
1947
All-time count
30
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Gwynne

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

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Sibling names for Gwynne

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

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