Gwynn
Gwynn is a name with a single cultural origin: Welsh.
- Welsh
Meaning & Origin of Gwynn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gwynn is a name with a single cultural origin: Welsh.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Welsh
The Story of Gwynn
As a girl name
American parents first put Gwynn on the record books as a girl name in 1923, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1954, when 31 Gwynns were born — ranking #1,875 that year. About 21% of every Gwynn on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Gwynn ranks #8,085 for girls with 12 births, holding steady (+1%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Gwynn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1916, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1923: 11 births, good for #2,614 nationwide. About 27% of every Gwynn on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Gwynn last appeared in the published SSA data in 1958, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 133 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Gwynn
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Gwynn. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Gwynn
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About the name Gwynn
Gwynn is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1923 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Gwynn's peak popularity came in 1954 when it ranked #1,767. Use the chart and map above to compare Gwynn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.