Guinevere

Guinevere was the #898 girls' name in the US in 2025 (295 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Guinevere as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Guinevere as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Guinevere as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#898 (295)#2,788 (9)#1,429 (17)
2024#945 (279)#1,895 (15)#1,710 (13)
2023#1,008 (251)#2,689 (9)#2,027 (10)
2022#917 (299)#1,948 (14)#2,133 (9)
2021#967 (268)#2,073 (13)#1,681 (13)
2020#1,011 (249)#2,615 (9)#1,359 (17)
2019#1,244 (188)#2,869 (8)#2,610 (7)
2018#1,451 (151)#3,178 (7)#2,892 (6)
2017#1,240 (192)#2,090 (13)#1,901 (11)
2016#1,580 (140)#5,785 (3)#2,040 (10)
2015#1,350 (176)#3,615 (6)#1,874 (11)
2014#1,391 (165)#3,160 (7)#2,617 (7)
2013#1,666 (127)#2,313 (11)#1,913 (11)
2012#1,940 (101)#4,838 (4)#3,334 (5)
2011#2,088 (92)#5,785 (3)#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #898.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Guinevere is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,800 to 1 in 6,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Guinevere by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #205NHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #859NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #483ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #511INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,575CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #456CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #480MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #707TNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #861TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Guinevere (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GuinevereCanadaGirls#1,42917
GuinevereEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
GuinevereNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
GuinevereUSGirls#898295