Glendon
Last seen for girls in 1946 at #4,417 · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1933 · 86 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,695since 1904
Glendon over time
Rank among boys' names. Glendon has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,517 | 13 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,032 | 14 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,106 | 18 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,935 | 19 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,982 | 26 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,066 | 18 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,659 | 15 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,251 | 23 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,767 | 15 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,210 | 17 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,525 | 15 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,005 | 22 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,815 | 16 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,182 | 25 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,597 | 20 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,559 | 18 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,951 | 24 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,943 | 23 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,999 | 22 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,469 | 28 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,170 | 33 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,292 | 29 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,599 | 22 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,215 | 26 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,694 | 37 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,226 | 24 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,933 | 28 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,815 | 31 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,138 | 24 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,910 | 29 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,464 | 41 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,508 | 38 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,356 | 45 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,100 | 59 | |
| 1975 | — | #764 | 118 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,409 | 37 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,464 | 34 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,966 | 21 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,546 | 30 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,463 | 30 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,393 | 31 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,484 | 27 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,335 | 33 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,350 | 34 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,165 | 44 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,242 | 39 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,121 | 49 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,139 | 47 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,280 | 37 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,265 | 37 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,165 | 44 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,140 | 44 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,091 | 47 | |
| 1954 | — | #952 | 60 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,025 | 50 | |
| 1952 | — | #981 | 53 | |
| 1951 | — | #915 | 59 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,074 | 43 | |
| 1949 | — | #885 | 60 | |
| 1948 | — | #891 | 59 | |
| 1947 | — | #886 | 62 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #1,045 | 43 |
| 1945 | — | #916 | 49 | |
| 1944 | — | #824 | 58 | |
| 1943 | — | #808 | 66 | |
| 1942 | — | #834 | 61 | |
| 1941 | — | #758 | 67 | |
| 1940 | — | #818 | 58 | |
| 1939 | — | #867 | 50 | |
| 1938 | — | #742 | 68 | |
| 1937 | — | #764 | 64 | |
| 1936 | — | #756 | 64 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #790 | 61 |
| 1934 | — | #716 | 73 | |
| 1933 | — | #624 | 86 | |
| 1932 | — | #691 | 79 | |
| 1931 | — | #742 | 69 | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #755 | 71 |
| 1929 | — | #794 | 66 | |
| 1928 | — | #629 | 96 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #762 | 74 |
| 1926 | — | #683 | 86 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #772 | 73 |
| 1924 | — | #671 | 93 | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #706 | 84 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #714 | 84 |
| 1921 | — | #760 | 77 | |
| 1920 | — | #667 | 91 | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #811 | 65 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #909 | 53 |
| 1917 | — | #699 | 75 | |
| 1916 | — | #877 | 52 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,100 | 34 | |
| 1914 | — | #949 | 34 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,146 | 20 | |
| 1912 | — | #935 | 23 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Glendon! It came in at #1,205, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1905, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Glendon is popular in 1924
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#218 · 1 in 1,412
- Ohio#322 · 1 in 4,909
- Kentucky#345 · 1 in 3,368
- Illinois#513 · 1 in 11,944
- Texas#915 · 1 in 11,222
Best ever in a state: #126 in Maine, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #218 | 13 | 1 in 1,412 |
| Ohio | #322 | 11 | 1 in 4,909 |
| Kentucky | #345 | 8 | 1 in 3,368 |
| Illinois | #513 | 5 | 1 in 11,944 |
| Texas | #915 | 5 | 1 in 11,222 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Glendon
- 29 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #6,803)
- 1,264 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #6,803)
- 2,821 spots since 2015 (#3,982 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 645 spots in 1975 (#1,409 → #764)
- Biggest drop: 336 spots in 1976 (#764 → #1,100)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1933 at #624 (86 births)
- Births halved by 1946, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1916–1945
- Highest: 1 in 11,529 boys born in 1933 were named Glendon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.6% of all boys named Glendon (824) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 24 | #1,083 (1909) | #1,193 |
| 1910s | 373 | #699 (1917) | #986 |
| 1920s | 824 | #629 (1928) | #716 |
| 1930s | 685 | #624 (1933) | #745 |
| 1940s | 583 | #758 (1941) | #867 |
| 1950s | 474 | #915 (1951) | #1,089 |
| 1960s | 356 | #1,121 (1961) | #1,334 |
| 1970s | 454 | #764 (1975) | #1,414 |
| 1980s | 277 | #1,694 (1986) | #2,078 |
| 1990s | 234 | #2,170 (1990) | #3,062 |
| 2000s | 163 | #3,764 (2000) | #5,100 |
| 2010s | 176 | #3,982 (2015) | #5,582 |
| 2020s | 72 | #6,032 (2021) | #6,847 |
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.
Glendon in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 12,180 of them was named Glendon, which outranked 86.5% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #667Haskell94
- #667Ivory94
- #667Ottis94
- #671Glendon93
- #671Dwayne93
- #671Haywood93
- #671Matt93
- #677Clarance92
- #677Constantine92
- #677Dorsey92
Tied with 5 names at #671; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.