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How popular is the name Gwendolen?
Births per year, rank history and how many Gwendolens are alive today.
Gwendolen (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 4867th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2010, when 10 babies were given the name, the 2392nd most popular that year. It has declined since 2010; the 2025 figure is roughly 40% of its peak.
The Gwendolen you are most likely to meet is around 7 years old - or else around 25: the name has two living generations. Half of all Gwendolens born in England and Wales are between 8 and 24, and there are at least 140 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Gwendolen - on average, only one in every 2,250 such rooms contains a Gwendolen.
How many babies are named Gwendolen each year?
Where does Gwendolen rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Gwendolen most popular?
Gwendolen peaked in 2010, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Gwendolen?
At least 140 people named Gwendolen born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Gwendolen?
Most living Gwendolens are between 8 and 24; the most common age is about 7. There is a second cluster around 25.
Is Gwendolen becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.