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Gwenevere

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Gwenevere is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 43 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
430.00% of girls
Peak year
201955 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1921
1,157people given the name
Babies named Gwenevere, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,157 girls have been named Gwenevere in the United States since 1921, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 55 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 38%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Gwenevere
1920s5
1950s157
1960s146
1970s27
1980s6
1990s16
2000s165
2010s436
2020s199

In 2019, its biggest year

Gwenevere was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2019 were Olivia, Emma, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. See all of 2019.

Names that rose and fell with Gwenevere

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.