Glen

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798 · #2,020 for boys in 2025, 74 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1931 · 1,563 births
Debut · boys
24 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
125,706
since 1880

Glen over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Glen has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #112, 1931boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,02074
2024—#2,28862
2023—#2,38757
2022—#2,08372
2021—#1,81586
2020—#2,41954
2019—#1,97474
2018—#1,90178
2017—#1,61299
2016—#1,79984
2015—#1,66894
2014—#1,526105
2013—#1,546102
2012—#1,60297
2011—#1,404118
2010—#1,65294
2009—#1,413119
2008—#1,445114
2007—#1,311131
2006—#1,306126
2005—#1,225129
2004—#1,080147
2003—#969166
2002—#891182
2001—#837194
2000—#765217
1999—#777204
1998—#740218
1997—#682237
1996—#647259
1995—#591301
1994—#573321
1993—#552337
1992—#526370
1991—#484416
1990—#464450
1989—#428480
1988#11,7985#390507
1987—#381505
1986—#393463
1985#8,3187#360510
1984#10,4225#340550
1983—#344527
1982—#330581
1981#9,1106#312609
1980#10,3925#319599
1979—#320586
1978—#291653
1977—#293667
1976#9,2845#261751
1975—#250808
1974#6,2588#244818
1973#7,4356#242867
1972#7,2926#2021,153
1971#4,81011#1741,534
1970#4,03814#1551,997
1969#3,77414#1362,241
1968#3,61014#1621,667
1967#4,6259#1571,710
1966#3,95911#1611,750
1965#3,54913#1492,068
1964#5,0088#1542,124
1963#3,80112#1432,357
1962#2,60522#1292,831
1961#3,18916#1352,686
1960#5,1687#1432,443
1959#2,59620#1342,693
1958#2,37623#1312,798
1957#2,34723#1292,924
1956#2,53020#1252,720
1955#2,15625#1312,490
1954#2,29522#1312,496
1953#2,81215#1292,389
1952#2,12623#1212,492
1951#2,18221#1272,220
1950#2,53516#1252,173
1949#2,13421#1272,203
1948#2,07022#1332,047
1947#3,44810#1382,070
1946#2,02421#1431,677
1945#1,94119#1481,395
1944#2,51113#1471,451
1943#2,86111#1461,445
1942#2,31115#1441,421
1941#2,27214#1391,410
1940#1,59124#1301,434
1939#1,79719#1231,428
1938#1,75220#1211,464
1937#1,58023#1221,357
1936#1,74119#1191,441
1935#1,51424#1241,396
1934#1,91317#1201,442
1933#1,47025#1241,335
1932#1,87718#1181,465
1931#1,39428#1121,563
1930#1,40330#1141,595
1929#1,41929#1231,427
1928#1,39431#1151,595
1927#1,33136#1151,617
1926#1,30336#1211,519
1925#1,64726#1171,537
1924#2,30816#1181,518
1923#1,59827#1211,450
1922#1,57528#1231,384
1921#1,86722#1191,506
1920#1,75123#1221,412
1919#1,74522#1161,389
1918#1,41130#1251,318
1917#1,65222#1221,235
1916#1,53324#1221,156
1915#1,67220#1231,112
1914#2,00912#123853
1913#2,1649#129606
1912#1,62012#139460
1911#2,4635#145231
1910—#165184
1909#1,6078#145178
1908—#149158
1907#2,0615#150150
1906#1,15411#164120
1905#1,6966#157128
1904#1,4867#157120
1903#1,4407#152121
1902—#149123
1901#1,6795#150105
1900#1,7236#155134
1899—#150101
1898#1,3797#154111
1897#1,3856#17588
1896#1,2927#145113
1895—#151102
1894#1,3536#142108
1893—#18977
1892#1,2786#151106
1891—#15785
1890#1,2106#19468
1889—#21958
1888#1,2765#19477
1887#1,1475#21852
1886—#24349
1885#1,0475#24545
1884#1,0245#25147
1883—#31827
1882—#33227
1881—#28631
1880—#35024
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Glen was already there! It came in at #350, and was given to 24 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 32 boys a year got the name.

Where Glen is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Glen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 268 spots since 2024 (#2,288 → #2,020)
  • 399 spots since 2020 (#2,419 → #2,020)
  • 352 spots since 2015 (#1,668 → #2,020)
  • Biggest jump: 67 spots in 1884 (#318 → #251)
  • Biggest drop: 111 spots in 2004 (#969 → #1,080)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1931 at #112 (1,563 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 45 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 124 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1880–2003
Share of babies · boys
1 in 665
  • Highest: 1 in 665 boys born in 1931 were named Glen (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 23,082 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 20.2% of all boys named Glen (25,395) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s437#194 (1888)#266
1890s959#142 (1894)#161
1900s1,337#145 (1909)#153
1910s8,544#116 (1919)#131
1920s14,965#115 (1927)#119
1930s14,486#112 (1931)#120
1940s16,553#127 (1949)#140
1950s25,395#121 (1952)#128
1960s21,877#129 (1962)#147
1970s9,834#155 (1970)#243
1980s5,331#312 (1981)#360
1990s3,113#464 (1990)#604
2000s1,525#765 (2000)#1,124
2010s945#1,404 (2011)#1,668
2020s405#1,815 (2021)#2,169

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.

Glen in 1907

girls
#2,061
5 births · 1 in 63,713 girls
boys
#150
150 births · 1 in 979 boys

Top girls' names in 1907

  1. #1Mary17,580
  2. #2Helen7,579
  3. #3Margaret6,713
  4. #4Anna5,575
  5. #5Ruth5,573
  6. #6Dorothy4,967
  7. #7Elizabeth4,624
  8. #8Mildred4,277
  9. #9Alice4,107
  10. #10Marie3,880
  11. #2,061Glen5

Top boys' names in 1907

  1. #1John8,983
  2. #2William6,904
  3. #3James6,707
  4. #4George4,445
  5. #5Robert4,020
  6. #6Charles3,884
  7. #7Joseph3,844
  8. #8Frank2,943
  9. #9Edward2,576
  10. #10Henry2,203
  11. #150Glen150
More about 1907

girls

318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 63,713 of them was named Glen, which outranked 14.1% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Glen
  1. #1,821Zana6
  2. #1,821Zenia6
  3. #1,821Zenith6
  4. #2,061Glen5
  5. #2,061Abby5
  6. #2,061Adda5
  7. #2,061Adel5

Tied with 338 names at #2,061; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,028Lota#1,951 → #923
  2. ↑ 1,028Tula#1,951 → #923
  3. ↑ 961Cleda#1,951 → #990
  4. ↑ 961Ingrid#1,951 → #990
  5. ↑ 961Santa#1,951 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Macy#895 → #1,821
  2. ↓ 742Libbie#642 → #1,384
  3. ↓ 736Hertha#776 → #1,512
  4. ↓ 719Zadie#793 → #1,512
  5. ↓ 674Anabel#965 → #1,639

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 979 of them was named Glen, which outranked 90.3% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Glen
  1. #147Mike157
  2. #147Steve157
  3. #149Sylvester151
  4. #150Glen150
  5. #150Emil150
  6. #152Abraham148
  7. #152Emmett148
  8. #152Orville148

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 518Leamon#1,253 → #735
  2. ↑ 518Price#1,253 → #735
  3. ↑ 495Quincy#1,111 → #616
  4. ↑ 477Irene#1,111 → #634
  5. ↑ 477Mitchel#1,111 → #634
Fallers
  1. ↓ 636Norval#709 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 593Harper#752 → #1,345
  3. ↓ 560Barton#640 → #1,200
  4. ↓ 547Hurley#798 → #1,345
  5. ↓ 547Lawton#798 → #1,345

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1907 →