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How popular is the name Gwyneth?
Births per year, rank history and how many Gwyneths are alive today.
Gwyneth (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2788th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. The name peaked in 2006, when 15 babies were given the name, the 1585th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2024, with 15 babies given the name that year.
The Gwyneth you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Gwyneths born in England and Wales are between 9 and 26, and there are at least 280 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 Gwyneth - on average, only one in every 1,125 such rooms contains a Gwyneth.
How many babies are named Gwyneth each year?
Where does Gwyneth 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 Gwyneth most popular?
Gwyneth peaked in 2006, when 15 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Gwyneth?
At least 280 people named Gwyneth born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Gwyneth?
Most living Gwyneths are between 9 and 26; the most common age is about 19. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Gwyneth becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.