Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Gwendoline

Gender

Female

Origin

Welsh
fair bow; blessed ring

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Gwendoline

Pronunciation

gwe-ndoli-ne, gwen-do-line

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1924 (rank #2661, 13 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10917, 8 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
20258
202410
202311
20229
20217
20207
20199
201810
20175
201611

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #1882, 15 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2787, 9 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20259
20244
202310
20228
20219
20208
20197
20188
20177
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1990 (rank #58, 1,555 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2413, 11 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202311
202219
202117
202030
201931
201827
201729
201652
201565
201474

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1972 (rank #204, 23 births); most recent 1985 (rank #519, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
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Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1974 (rank #330, 7 births); most recent 1980 (rank #481, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1929 (rank #117, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence