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Gwen

Pronounced /ɡwɛn/

Rank in 2024
#698
Born in 2024
403
Peak year
1959 · #295
Origin
Welsh

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 403 girls were named Gwen, about 1 in every 4,003.
  • It peaked in 1959 with 942 babies, ranked #295.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1890.
  • 32,232 girls have been named Gwen since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Gwen per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0.3
    Silent
  3. 0.4
    Boomers
  4. 0.2
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,833 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Silent: 5,367 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Boomers: 12,581 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,974 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,231 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,213 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,962 babies, 0.20 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

A female given name from Welsh. Borrowed from Welsh Gwen. Clipping of Gwendolen. Doublet of Wendy. Clipping of Guinevere. Doublet of Jen.

  • A female given name from Welsh.
  • A female given name from Welsh.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Gwendolen and Guinevere
Origin
Welsh
Say it
/ɡwɛn/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Gwen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Gwyn

    Rank
    #8,728
    Born '24
    12
    Origin
    Welsh
    1880peak 19622024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Gwenn

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19552024