girls:
52 births since 1941
#5664 (1st percentile)
boys:
133 births since 1916
#4453 (3rd percentile)
overall:
185 births since 1916
#7554 (2nd percentile)
The name Gwin is the #7,554 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 185 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 2.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,453 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 133 births since 1916. For girls, it ranks #5,664 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 52 births since 1941.
Gwin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 1941 for girls). Birth data for Gwin is available in 26 out of the 46 years between 1916 and 1961 (20 years for boys and 9 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Gwin has been given predominantly to boys, with 71.9% of all recorded births being male. In 1961, 0.0% of babies named Gwin were boys. Interestingly, until around 1959, the name was more popular for boys (78.7% boys from 1916 to 1958), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1959 to 1961).
For boys, Gwin reached its peak popularity in 1943, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #563) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1916, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1954.
For girls, Gwin reached its peak popularity in 1952, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #688) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1941, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1961.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gwin".
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