girls:
1.4k births since 1923
#4331 (24th percentile)
boys:
30 births since 1920
#4556 (1st percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1920
#6317 (18th percentile)
The name Gwynne is the #6,317 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,427 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 18.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,331 (24.2% percentile) for all time with 1,397 births since 1923. For boys, it ranks #4,556 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 30 births since 1920.
Gwynne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for boys and 1923 for girls). Birth data for Gwynne is available in 85 out of the 104 years between 1920 and 2023 (83 years for girls and 5 years for boys). 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 Gwynne has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.9% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1925, the name was more popular for boys (50.0% boys from 1920 to 1924), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (98.6% girls from 1925 to 2023).
For girls, Gwynne reached its peak popularity in 1951, achieving the 6.2% percentile (ranked #656) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1951, with 26 births per million (ranked 6.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Gwynne ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 13.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Gwynne reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #548) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1947.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gwynne".
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