GWEN is ranked as the 648th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 69,315.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 21.74 people named GWEN for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named GWEN is 23,389.
The SSA data also shows that GWEN is used as a girl's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
GWEN is
78.4% White,
3.2% Hispanic origin,
14.5% Black,
1.8% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name GWEN have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name GWEN is included in the following name categories:
Welsh feminine given name
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
English feminine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name GWEN
The state with the most people named
GWEN is
California where
6,499 people have this name.
Wyoming is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named GWEN, as
47.89 in every 100,000
Wyomingites
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Wyoming is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Rhode Island
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name GWEN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
2,306
17.9
98.7%
Indiana
1,456
22.07
98.0%
Iowa
672
21.63
97.6%
Kansas
1,006
34.63
96.9%
Michigan
1,627
16.42
99.1%
Minnesota
1,684
30.86
98.8%
Missouri
1,236
41.3
97.8%
Nebraska
808
42.95
96.5%
North Dakota
314
42.41
92.0%
Ohio
2,036
17.56
98.4%
South Dakota
336
39.39
92.1%
Wisconsin
1,317
22.87
98.5%
West States
State stats for the first name GWEN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
191
25.94
88.6%
Arizona
2,005
29.79
98.0%
California
6,499
16.75
99.4%
Colorado
1,405
26.23
97.8%
Hawaii
560
39.44
97.5%
Idaho
687
42.04
96.1%
Montana
424
41.38
94.0%
Nevada
670
23.58
96.6%
New Mexico
502
24.09
94.6%
Oregon
1,206
30.36
97.6%
Utah
1,159
39.4
97.3%
Washington
1,774
25.12
98.8%
Wyoming
280
47.89
92.1%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name GWEN
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have GWEN as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named GWEN.
The most popular full name is GWEN Smith.
1.14% of all the people named GWEN
have this family name.
There are 7885 last
names associated with this first name.