girls:
5 births since 1962
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
18 births since 1921
#4568 (0th percentile)
overall:
23 births since 1921
#7716 (0th percentile)
The name Gwinn is the #7,716 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 23 recorded births since 1921. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,568 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 18 births since 1921. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1962.
Gwinn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1921 (1921 for boys and 1962 for girls). Birth data for Gwinn is available in 4 out of the 42 years between 1921 and 1962 (3 years for boys and 1 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 Gwinn has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.3% of all recorded births being male. In 1962, 0.0% of babies named Gwinn were boys. Interestingly, until around 1955, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1921 to 1954), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1955 to 1962).
For boys, Gwinn reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #541) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1928, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1947.
For girls, Gwinn reached its peak popularity in 1962, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #772) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1962, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1962.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gwinn".
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