Gwyn

Boy · recorded 1915–1978

  • 1978last recorded
  • 1918best year

Most popular in 1918.

Last recorded in 1978. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Gwyn.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1915

061219151931194719621978

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 40 recorded years as a table
Gwyn, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19157
19166
191812
19199
19208
19236
192410
19255
19265
19275
19297
19308
19318
19327
193311
193512
19366
19375
19388
193910
19408
19417
19435
19447
19454
19474
19483
19496
19513
19523
19534
19553
19583
19593
19602
19623
19633
19663
19704
19783

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gwyn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1978
5
Rank in 1978
#5,772
How rare
1 in 328,367 boys
Since 1915
299

Gwyn was last recorded in 1978. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1918, at 12 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gwyn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.