Guinevere
- Pronunciation
- [Gui-ne-vere]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- White Lady
- Origin
- Celtic
Guinevere Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 4,294 baby girls have been named Guinevere. The name peaked in 2022 with 299 US births that year (rank #916). In 2024, ranked #947 nationally.
Top States for Guinevere
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Guinevere births are: California (312), Texas (275), Ohio (165).
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9-Letter Names Starting with G
Names with Guinevere's exact length and starting letter: Gabreilla, Gabriella, Gabrielle, Gabryella, Galahault.
Quick Facts About Guinevere
US Popularity History (2021–2025)
Annual US births named Guinevere by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2022 with 299 girls named Guinevere (girl rank #916 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #899 for girls (295 US births). That's 17 places above its earlier 2022 peak — the name is more popular now than it has ever been.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Guinevere Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Guinevere the strongest states are Oklahoma, Missouri, Utah.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | #607 | 29 |
| 2 | Missouri | #631 | 75 |
| 3 | Utah | #632 | 19 |
| 4 | Indiana | #669 | 71 |
| 5 | Ohio | #736 | 113 |
| 6 | Tennessee | #757 | 29 |
| 7 | Minnesota | #789 | 37 |
| 8 | Washington | #802 | 48 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | #812 | 72 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | #814 | 39 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | #1,001 | 27 |
| 2 | Illinois | #879 | 46 |
| 3 | Texas | #872 | 102 |
| 4 | Michigan | #837 | 27 |
| 5 | Colorado | #824 | 27 |
| 6 | Virginia | #821 | 54 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | #814 | 39 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | #812 | 72 |
| 9 | Washington | #802 | 48 |
| 10 | Minnesota | #789 | 37 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Guinevere in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaynor | Son Of The Blond Man | Male | Gaelic |
| Genevieve | White Wave | Female | Celtic |
| Genny | Variant Of Jenny. White Wave. | Female | English |
| Gwen | Mythical Son Of Gwastad | Male | Celtic |
| Jen | Variation Of Jenny Which Is A Diminutive Of Jane And Jennifer. | Female | English |
| Jennie | Variation Of Jenny Which Is A Diminutive Of Jane And Jennifer. | Female | English |
| Jennifer | White Wave | Female | Celtic |
| Jenny | Diminutive Of Jane And Jennifer. | Female | English |
| Wendy | Literary: A Created Name That First Appeared In James Banie's Peter Pan. | Female | English |
| Winnie | White Or Fair | Female | Celtic |
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Compare Guinevere to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Guinevere against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).