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Baby name
Gwendolyn
Girl
Origin of the name
Gwendolyn is a Welsh name, usually explained by gwen, “white, blessed,” and dolen, “ring.”
Classic name
124,385births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 112rank at its peak, in 1953
Where babies named Gwendolyn are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Gwendolyn is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Gwendolyn is most common in Louisiana (2.5 times), District of Columbia (2.5) and Alabama (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Gwendolynn 1,454
- Gwendalyn 1,207
- Wendolyn 1,166
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