Glenn

Where Glenn comes from

The dictionaries list Glenn as a given name — an unincorporated community in Glenn County, California, United States — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #252 among boys — 43 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1912
    Glenn Theodore Seaborg born
    American chemist
  3. 1947
    Glenn Close born
    American actress
  4. 1962
    Peak, #55
    7,356 babies named Glenn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #90.
In the dictionary
  • An unincorporated community in Glenn County, California, United States.
  • An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Heard County, Georgia, United States.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, fairly popular in the middle of the 20th century.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Glenn Close · American actress, born 1947
  • Glenn Theodore Seaborg · American chemist, 1912–1999
  • Glenn Miller · American band leader, arranger, and composer, 1904–1944
  • Glenn Gould · Canadian composer and pianist, 1932–1982
  • Glenn Ford · Canadian-American actor, 1916–2006

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.