NameTides

Gwen

Gwen was the #725 girls' name in the US in 2025 (384 babies), and #997 in England & Wales and #742 in Canada.

Gwen as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Gwen as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Gwen as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#725 (384)#997 (34)—#483 (7)#742 (40)
2024#698 (403)#751 (50)——#514 (58)
2023#817 (341)#794 (45)—#495 (7)#622 (46)
2022#851 (329)#1,081 (31)—#747 (4)#653 (43)
2021#847 (325)#734 (51)—#883 (3)#711 (41)
2020#822 (331)#792 (46)#636 (4)#544 (6)#665 (43)
2019#828 (328)#664 (59)—#621 (5)#532 (59)
2018#909 (295)#553 (75)—#896 (3)#863 (32)
2017#864 (317)#648 (64)#570 (5)#579 (6)#568 (55)
2016#765 (373)#768 (51)—#868 (3)#607 (50)
2015#748 (377)#666 (61)—#751 (4)#627 (47)
2014#962 (278)#750 (52)—#458 (9)#808 (34)
2013#953 (266)#699 (57)#663 (4)#424 (10)#724 (39)
2012#1,108 (224)#738 (54)#815 (3)#768 (4)#1,055 (24)
2011#1,224 (196)#721 (53)—#695 (5)#1,056 (24)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1959 at #295.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1890.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,200 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 4,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Gwen is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,500 to 1 in 4,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gwen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #519MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: #444MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #481INOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #871PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #575CAUtah: #139UTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #632AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,117TXFlorida: #796FL
Gwen (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#54223
Quebec2025#6696

Gwen (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GwenCanadaGirls#74240
GwenEngland & WalesGirls#99734
GwenIrelandGirls#4837
GwenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
GwenScotlandGirls—too few
GwenUSGirls#725384
GwenUSBoys—too few