Gwenda
Gwenda is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 884th, in 1952.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1952109 births
- Best rank
- #884in 1952
- Since 1921
- 2,264people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,264 girls have been named Gwenda in the United States since 1921, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1952, with 109 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 109 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1954, and the 1950s alone account for 40%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1952, its biggest year
Gwenda was the 884th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1952 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1952.
Names that rose and fell with Gwenda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rosannepeak 1954
- Pameliapeak 1954
- Dianepeak 1955
- Conniepeak 1955
- Dremapeak 1959
- Gayepeak 1960
- Gaylepeak 1951
- Gailpeak 1951
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.