Gleen

Peak · boys
1929 · 20 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
667
since 1912

Gleen over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gleen has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,672, 1929boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1989#7,9055
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1987#6,9515
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1981#5,4686
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1977#5,1236
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1974#3,31810
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1970#4,7245
1969#2,86110
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1967#2,47011
1966#3,5376
1965#2,27013
1964#2,54611
1963#1,74421
1962#1,85219
1961#2,53811
1960#1,97317
1959#2,41412
1958#1,89618
1957#2,19014
1956#1,76520
1955#2,7649
1954#2,7439
1953#1,76519
1952#2,07314
1951#2,8448
1950#2,20712
1949#3,6905
1948#2,44310
1947#2,25112
1946#2,5349
1945#1,92613
1944#2,30910
1943#3,5385
1942#2,7128
1941#2,6568
1940#1,98313
1939#1,95813
1938#1,68917
1937#2,19711
1936#2,06212
1935#2,12712
1934#2,02213
1933#2,36810
1932#1,99514
1931#2,47110
1930#2,07914
1929#1,67220
1928#2,52211
1927#2,29813
1926#1,91117
1925#2,75510
1924#1,96417
1923#2,77210
1922#4,3075
1921#2,15215
1920#2,9679
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1918#3,7286
1917#3,2177
1916#3,8975
1915#3,0827
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Gleen! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Gleen is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Gleen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Gleen
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1929 at #1,672 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 53,781
  • Highest: 1 in 53,781 boys born in 1929 were named Gleen (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 400,186 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 20.2% of all boys named Gleen (135) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s30#2,544 (1912)#3,294
1920s127#1,672 (1929)#2,532
1930s126#1,689 (1938)#2,097
1940s93#1,926 (1945)#2,604
1950s135#1,765 (1956)#2,266
1960s119#1,744 (1963)#2,421
1970s21#3,318 (1974)#4,388
1980s16#5,468 (1981)#6,775

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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