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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Gwen” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gwen” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Gwen” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Gwen” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Gwen” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Gwen” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Gwen” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gwen” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1890 8 0.000026543 8 100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1899 15 0.000044217 15 100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 100%
1901 16 0.000046268 16 100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 100%
1903 16 0.000041973 16 100%
1904 17 0.000042133 17 100%
1905 16 0.000037743 16 100%
1906 15 0.00003501 15 100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 100%
1908 21 0.000042976 21 100%
1909 42 0.000082156 42 100%
1910 24 0.000040629 24 100%
1911 41 0.000063637 41 100%
1912 50 0.000050604 50 100%
1913 64 0.000056283 64 100%
1914 76 0.000053659 76 100%
1915 93 0.000050752 93 100%
1916 92 0.00004756 84 8 83%
1917 115 0.000057307 110 5 91%
1918 81 0.000037308 81 100%
1919 98 0.00004644 93 5 90%
1920 93 0.000041102 93 100%
1921 101 0.000043264 101 100%
1922 111 0.000048489 105 6 89%
1923 119 0.000051683 110 9 85%
1924 122 0.000051226 117 5 92%
1925 109 0.000046715 109 100%
1926 159 0.000069254 159 100%
1927 158 0.000068122 148 10 87%
1928 188 0.000083151 188 100%
1929 207 0.000094427 207 100%
1930 254 0.000114245 248 6 95%
1931 196 0.000093139 188 8 92%
1932 249 0.000117937 239 10 92%
1933 267 0.000133537 260 7 95%
1934 260 0.000125192 252 8 94%
1935 307 0.000146897 302 5 97%
1936 313 0.000150656 303 10 94%
1937 280 0.000131414 280 100%
1938 385 0.000174005 378 7 96%
1939 365 0.00016565 358 7 96%
1940 365 0.000158511 357 8 96%
1941 347 0.000142422 341 6 97%
1942 394 0.000144226 388 6 97%
1943 391 0.000138527 384 7 96%
1944 329 0.000122301 329 100%
1945 365 0.000137585 365 100%
1946 492 0.000153976 483 9 96%
1947 519 0.000144074 509 10 96%
1948 456 0.000132078 448 8 96%
1949 461 0.00013229 446 15 93%
1950 462 0.000131873 457 5 98%
1951 435 0.000118087 429 6 97%
1952 478 0.000125856 472 6 97%
1953 582 0.000151026 573 9 97%
1954 688 0.000172834 682 6 98%
1955 746 0.0001858 740 6 98%
1956 767 0.000186028 761 6 98%
1957 841 0.000200136 830 11 97%
1958 898 0.000217228 893 5 99%
1959 951 0.000228716 942 9 98%
1960 900 0.000216668 893 7 98%
1961 888 0.000214374 882 6 99%
1962 866 0.000214602 859 7 98%
1963 670 0.000169269 670 100%
1964 621 0.000159738 612 9 97%
1965 484 0.000133501 484 100%
1966 464 0.0001335 464 100%
1967 378 0.000111344 373 5 97%
1968 363 0.000107447 363 100%
1969 362 0.000104163 362 100%
1970 360 0.000099819 354 6 97%
1971 368 0.000107215 368 100%
1972 301 0.000095769 301 100%
1973 214 0.000070934 214 100%
1974 284 0.000093421 284 100%
1975 323 0.000106975 323 100%
1976 275 0.00009063 275 100%
1977 218 0.000068629 218 100%
1978 206 0.000064905 206 100%
1979 210 0.00006312 210 100%
1980 175 0.000050806 175 100%
1981 153 0.000044228 153 100%
1982 136 0.000038769 136 100%
1983 132 0.000038114 132 100%
1984 108 0.000030957 108 100%
1985 104 0.000029139 104 100%
1986 69 0.000019398 69 100%
1987 80 0.000022188 80 100%
1988 50 0.000013532 50 100%
1989 64 0.000016647 64 100%
1990 55 0.000013915 55 100%
1991 57 0.000014633 57 100%
1992 47 0.000012236 47 100%
1993 41 0.000010875 41 100%
1994 51 0.000013718 51 100%
1995 37 0.000010103 37 100%
1996 47 0.000012887 47 100%
1997 60 0.000016548 60 100%
1998 62 0.000016856 62 100%
1999 55 0.00001489 55 100%
2000 68 0.00001799 68 100%
2001 91 0.00002431 91 100%
2002 134 0.000035845 134 100%
2003 149 0.000039187 149 100%
2004 123 0.000032191 123 100%
2005 156 0.000040574 156 100%
2006 160 0.000040443 160 100%
2007 186 0.000046527 186 100%
2008 201 0.000051136 201 100%
2009 185 0.000048427 185 100%
2010 163 0.000044105 163 100%
2011 196 0.000053584 196 100%
2012 224 0.000061246 224 100%
2013 266 0.000072963 266 100%
2014 278 0.000075006 278 100%
2015 377 0.000101867 377 100%
2016 372 0.000101398 372 100%
2017 317 0.000088642 317 100%
2018 295 0.000083905 295 100%
2019 328 0.000094499 328 100%
2020 331 0.000099085 331 100%
2021 325 0.000095928 325 100%
2022 329 0.000097247 329 100%
2023 341 0.000102984 341 100%
2024 403 0.000121076 403 100%

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