Glendon

Where Glendon comes from

Glendon hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1904
    First appearance
    #1,205 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1918
    Glendon Swarthout born
    American western author and novelist
  3. 1933
    Peak, #624
    86 babies named Glendon — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1946
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,045.
  5. 1974
    Glendon Rusch born
    American baseball player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Glendon Swarthout · American western author and novelist, 1918–1992
  • Glendon Rusch · American baseball player, born 1974

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.