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Guinevere

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #898 vs #2,788 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,350, 2016: #1,580, 2017: #1,240, 2018: #1,451, 2019: #1,244, 2020: #1,011, 2021: #967, 2022: #917, 2023: #1,008, 2024: #945, 2025: #8981 in 5,448 girls in the US, 2025#898 · rising · was #1,350 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #3,615, 2016: #5,785, 2017: #2,090, 2018: #3,178, 2019: #2,869, 2020: #2,615, 2021: #2,073, 2022: #1,948, 2023: #2,689, 2024: #1,895, 2025: #2,7881 in 28,142 girls in E&W, 2025#2,788 · rising · was #3,615 in 2015

Girl’s name · Celtic · /ˈɡwɪ.nə.vɪə/

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What Guinevere means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Guinevere yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #898 vs #2,788 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Guinevere?

US 2025
#898
295 babies
▲ 47 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#2788
9 babies
▼ 893 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #1350 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3615 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (2025)

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 295 girls got the name (#898 that year). First in the US records in 1912.

How common

  • About 1 in 5,448 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 28,142 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NH (1.58 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.54 per 1,000 girls), CO (0.51 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Guinevere is #898 in the US and #2788 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#8982951 in 5,448#1350
England & Wales#278891 in 28,142#3615
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Guinevere were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20252950
England & Wales 202590
US all years since 18804,5920
England & Wales since 19961440

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

UK/ˈɡwɪ.nə.vɪə/
US/ˈɡwɪ.nə.vɪɹ/

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Gwynevere44 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Guinevere

Girls

  • Rory#230“red-haired king”
  • Gwen#725Same root as Wendy, meaning “watercourse with a bend + island”
  • Gwendolyn#360Variant of Gwendolen, meaning “white, fair, blessed + ring, bow…
  • Maeve#76“intoxicating”
  • Ellis#682“benevolent, kind”
  • Kenna#759“descendant of Cionaodh”

For a brother

  • Rowan#59“little red one”
  • Kian#400Editor’s note Up from #489 in 2015 to #400 in 2025 in the US
  • Rhys#410Welsh, from Old Welsh Ris, meaning “ardor, fiery warrior”
  • Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”
  • Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025
  • Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Guinevere’s. Rank is US 2025.

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