Gwyneth

Gwyneth was the #1,769 girls' name in the US in 2025 (114 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales and #2,131 in Canada.

Gwyneth as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Gwyneth 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Gwyneth 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,769 (114)#2,788 (9)——#2,131 (10)
2024#1,779 (113)#1,895 (15)——#2,975 (6)
2023#1,890 (105)#2,928 (8)——#2,203 (9)
2022#1,468 (150)#3,971 (5)——#2,553 (7)
2021#1,441 (149)#2,499 (10)——#1,454 (16)
2020#1,442 (151)#4,535 (4)——#1,428 (16)
2019#1,357 (166)#3,541 (6)——#970 (27)
2018#1,279 (179)#2,674 (9)——#1,639 (13)
2017#1,308 (179)#3,583 (6)——#1,230 (20)
2016#1,252 (195)#2,757 (9)——#1,335 (18)
2015#1,095 (236)#2,705 (9)——#1,016 (25)
2014#1,057 (245)#5,691 (3)——#972 (27)
2013#892 (288)#2,313 (11)——#993 (26)
2012#1,188 (207)#3,285 (7)——#1,142 (22)
2011#970 (264)#2,275 (11)——#894 (29)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #892.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 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 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Gwyneth is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 21,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gwyneth by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Gwyneth (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
GwynethCanadaGirls#2,13110
GwynethEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
GwynethIrelandGirls—too few
GwynethNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
GwynethScotlandGirls—too few
GwynethUSGirls#1,769114