Gwen is an established girls' name that peaked in 1959 and has grown less common since.
Gwen is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #725 for girl births in the United States (and #1,415 across all names), given to 384 babies. Gwen was first reported in SSA data in 1890 and peaked in 1959 (942 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 384 | 384 | #725 | — |
| 2024 | 403 | 403 | #698 | — |
| 2023 | 341 | 341 | #817 | — |
| 2022 | 329 | 329 | #851 | — |
| 2021 | 325 | 325 | #849 | — |
| 2020 | 331 | 331 | #823 | — |
| 2019 | 328 | 328 | #828 | — |
| 2018 | 295 | 295 | #910 | — |
| 2017 | 317 | 317 | #864 | — |
| 2016 | 373 | 373 | #766 | — |
| 2015 | 377 | 377 | #749 | — |
| 2014 | 278 | 278 | #963 | — |
| 2013 | 266 | 266 | #954 | — |
| 2012 | 224 | 224 | #1,110 | — |
| 2011 | 196 | 196 | #1,225 | — |
| 2010 | 163 | 163 | #1,410 | — |
| 2009 | 185 | 185 | #1,308 | — |
| 2008 | 201 | 201 | #1,252 | — |
| 2007 | 186 | 186 | #1,311 | — |
| 2006 | 160 | 160 | #1,418 | — |
| 2005 | 156 | 156 | #1,383 | — |
| 2004 | 123 | 123 | #1,595 | — |
| 2003 | 149 | 149 | #1,358 | — |
| 2002 | 134 | 134 | #1,429 | — |
| 2001 | 91 | 91 | #1,911 | — |
| 2000 | 68 | 68 | #2,292 | — |
| 1999 | 55 | 55 | #2,583 | — |
| 1998 | 62 | 62 | #2,292 | — |
| 1997 | 60 | — | #2,270 | — |
| 1996 | 47 | — | #2,641 | — |
| 1995 | 37 | — | #3,114 | — |
| 1994 | 51 | — | #2,479 | — |
| 1993 | 41 | — | #2,902 | — |
| 1992 | 47 | — | #2,623 | — |
| 1991 | 57 | — | #2,276 | — |
| 1990 | 55 | — | #2,301 | — |
| 1989 | 64 | — | #1,985 | — |
| 1988 | 50 | — | #2,258 | — |
| 1987 | 80 | — | #1,573 | — |
| 1986 | 69 | — | #1,699 | — |
| 1985 | 104 | — | #1,290 | — |
| 1984 | 108 | — | #1,210 | — |
| 1983 | 132 | — | #1,053 | — |
| 1982 | 136 | — | #1,059 | — |
| 1981 | 153 | — | #961 | — |
| 1980 | 175 | — | #875 | — |
| 1979 | 210 | — | #767 | — |
| 1978 | 206 | — | #751 | — |
| 1977 | 218 | — | #710 | — |
| 1976 | 275 | — | #590 | — |
| 1975 | 323 | — | #535 | — |
| 1974 | 284 | — | #568 | — |
| 1973 | 214 | — | #697 | — |
| 1972 | 301 | — | #555 | — |
| 1971 | 368 | — | #511 | — |
| 1970 | 360 | — | #534 | #4,435 |
| 1969 | 362 | — | #514 | — |
| 1968 | 363 | — | #511 | — |
| 1967 | 378 | — | #494 | #4,195 |
| 1966 | 463 | — | #439 | — |
| 1965 | 484 | — | #426 | — |
| 1964 | 621 | — | #391 | #2,937 |
| 1963 | 670 | — | #375 | — |
| 1962 | 866 | — | #320 | #3,436 |
| 1961 | 888 | — | #310 | #3,793 |
| 1960 | 900 | — | #317 | #3,472 |
| 1959 | 951 | — | #295 | #2,913 |
| 1958 | 898 | — | #299 | #4,177 |
| 1957 | 841 | — | #317 | #2,542 |
| 1956 | 768 | — | #317 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 746 | — | #316 | #3,661 |
| 1954 | 688 | — | #324 | #3,595 |
| 1953 | 582 | — | #355 | #2,786 |
| 1952 | 478 | — | #381 | #3,512 |
| 1951 | 435 | — | #396 | #3,509 |
| 1950 | 462 | — | #379 | #3,892 |
| 1949 | 461 | — | #372 | #1,975 |
| 1948 | 456 | — | #374 | #2,870 |
| 1947 | 519 | — | #356 | #2,562 |
| 1946 | 492 | — | #338 | #2,604 |
| 1945 | 365 | — | #367 | — |
| 1944 | 329 | — | #389 | — |
| 1943 | 391 | — | #367 | #3,068 |
| 1942 | 394 | — | #355 | #3,357 |
| 1941 | 347 | — | #361 | #3,291 |
| 1940 | 365 | — | #338 | #2,749 |
| 1939 | 365 | — | #334 | #2,950 |
| 1938 | 385 | — | #322 | #2,991 |
| 1937 | 280 | — | #390 | — |
| 1936 | 313 | — | #364 | #2,354 |
| 1935 | 307 | — | #362 | #3,870 |
| 1934 | 260 | — | #413 | #2,831 |
| 1933 | 267 | — | #400 | #3,119 |
| 1932 | 249 | — | #424 | #2,525 |
| 1931 | 196 | — | #470 | #2,949 |
| 1930 | 254 | — | #421 | #3,762 |
| 1929 | 207 | — | #461 | — |
| 1928 | 188 | — | #504 | — |
| 1927 | 158 | — | #582 | #2,788 |
| 1926 | 159 | — | #566 | — |
| 1925 | 109 | — | #708 | — |
| 1924 | 122 | — | #687 | #4,619 |
| 1923 | 119 | — | #699 | #3,050 |
| 1922 | 111 | — | #710 | #4,036 |
| 1921 | 101 | — | #733 | — |
| 1920 | 93 | — | #754 | — |
| 1919 | 98 | — | #725 | #4,419 |
| 1918 | 81 | — | #793 | — |
| 1917 | 115 | — | #651 | #4,224 |
| 1916 | 92 | — | #740 | #3,028 |
| 1915 | 93 | — | #686 | — |
| 1914 | 76 | — | #668 | — |
| 1913 | 64 | — | #648 | — |
| 1912 | 50 | — | #715 | — |
| 1911 | 41 | — | #678 | — |
| 1910 | 24 | — | #881 | — |
| 1909 | 42 | — | #599 | — |
| 1908 | 21 | — | #861 | — |
| 1907 | 19 | — | #882 | — |
| 1906 | 15 | — | #979 | — |
| 1905 | 16 | — | #943 | — |
| 1904 | 17 | — | #893 | — |
| 1903 | 16 | — | #874 | — |
| 1902 | 13 | — | #992 | — |
| 1901 | 16 | — | #837 | — |
| 1900 | 11 | — | #1,195 | — |
| 1899 | 15 | — | #855 | — |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,646 | — |
| 1896 | 6 | — | #1,487 | — |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,696 | — |
| 1893 | 9 | — | #1,043 | — |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,544 | — |
| 1891 | 7 | — | #1,141 | — |
| 1890 | 8 | — | #1,041 | — |