Glenn

Last seen for girls in 2001 at #15,352 · #1,443 for boys in 2025, 124 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1962 · 7,356 births
Debut · boys
43 births
In top 100 · boys
63 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
248,642
since 1880

Glenn over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #55, 1962boys
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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—#1,443124
2024—#1,359139
2023—#1,576110
2022—#1,433127
2021—#1,442125
2020—#1,398124
2019—#1,394127
2018—#1,234150
2017—#1,272143
2016—#1,124173
2015—#1,141165
2014—#1,166161
2013—#1,115163
2012—#1,052181
2011—#1,118163
2010—#1,023189
2009—#1,063175
2008—#865246
2007—#825260
2006—#847237
2005—#760261
2004—#677297
2003—#669296
2002—#616321
2001#15,3525#627302
2000—#591335
1999#7,71612#527397
1998—#495440
1997#7,74211#470461
1996#7,13012#455483
1995#8,7669#430529
1994#8,8049#411554
1993#5,41917#361653
1992#7,51211#343696
1991#6,97612#305843
1990#6,13114#296852
1989#4,84818#271912
1988#6,66611#254926
1987#6,78810#237988
1986#5,18814#236982
1985#3,98320#2291,004
1984#10,4225#2211,023
1983#5,82411#2221,016
1982#7,4698#2181,088
1981#7,4098#2211,107
1980#5,91211#2151,143
1979#6,18910#2131,118
1978#7,6497#2001,120
1977#5,53211#1881,245
1976#8,1566#1761,317
1975#4,37014#1701,383
1974#3,42619#1581,542
1973#4,58612#1461,702
1972#3,89415#1341,979
1971#3,94315#1272,474
1970#2,93823#1093,008
1969#3,01220#883,467
1968#3,61014#923,246
1967#3,21116#913,440
1966#2,40725#903,668
1965#3,40214#854,355
1964#2,67522#814,752
1963#2,54323#645,977
1962#2,03133#557,356
1961#2,03633#646,271
1960#2,57322#745,563
1959#1,76539#805,352
1958#2,16727#765,462
1957#1,86934#626,267
1956#1,73837#616,196
1955#2,55319#596,258
1954#2,45020#636,240
1953#1,87229#675,726
1952#2,26621#615,945
1951#1,96825#585,803
1950#1,67931#595,465
1949#1,91725#615,415
1948#1,57635#734,740
1947#1,94625#705,157
1946#1,80825#813,892
1945#2,33914#932,734
1944#2,09617#882,849
1943#1,44233#853,054
1942#1,70624#882,888
1941#1,64923#862,523
1940#2,10915#832,465
1939#2,20614#872,303
1938#2,11315#832,367
1937#1,45126#882,263
1936#1,80118#802,328
1935#1,66321#782,437
1934#1,44026#812,341
1933#1,51324#742,366
1932#1,87718#772,435
1931#2,20514#722,624
1930#1,16141#712,758
1929#1,19539#802,433
1928#1,50228#762,603
1927#1,30337#762,670
1926#1,58927#752,635
1925#1,10148#772,611
1924#1,50331#792,586
1923#1,26738#842,370
1922#2,02719#792,425
1921#1,43732#802,449
1920#1,62626#802,375
1919#1,85520#842,153
1918#1,49728#842,253
1917#1,43127#861,997
1916#1,22734#841,970
1915#1,33928#871,842
1914#1,38521#911,327
1913#1,27420#851,122
1912#1,71911#84948
1911#1,37212#111343
1910#1,7738#97349
1909#1,36910#103261
1908#97017#103247
1907#1,6397#104234
1906#1,04313#98217
1905#1,01114#113189
1904#1,3648#99217
1903#1,7925#97198
1902#1,3208#106185
1901#1,06710#94180
1900#83320#118194
1899#93512#107161
1898#1,00912#108178
1897#1,03710#104171
1896#90313#107174
1895#63823#113150
1894#1,3536#114142
1893#1,1757#122131
1892#90811#121139
1891#79612#108138
1890#82511#123117
1889#1,0257#140103
1888#9598#139110
1887#1,1475#14886
1886#9936#13699
1885#7459#19268
1884#9306#21361
1883#9205#18265
1882—#23151
1881#8305#22445
1880#8365#25243
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Glenn was already there! It came in at #252, and was given to 43 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 52 boys a year got the name.

Where Glenn is popular in 1952

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #37 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 147 boysAKMaine: #70 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 367 boysMEVermont: #61 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 279 boysVTNew Hampshire: #47 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 234 boysNHWashington: #67 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 356 boysWAIdaho: #60 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 289 boysIDMontana: #75 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 397 boysMTNorth Dakota: #63 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 282 boysNDMinnesota: #57 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 349 boysMNIllinois: #56 for boys · 354 births · 1 in 284 boysILWisconsin: #55 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 343 boysWIMichigan: #69 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 377 boysMINew York: #61 for boys · 550 births · 1 in 300 boysNYMassachusetts: #55 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 340 boysMARhode Island: #53 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 295 boysRIOregon: #71 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 378 boysORNevada: #65 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 281 boysNVWyoming: #134 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 687 boysWYSouth Dakota: #77 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 418 boysSDIowa: #92 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 594 boysIAIndiana: #82 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 499 boysINOhio: #61 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 384 boysOHPennsylvania: #45 for boys · 495 births · 1 in 238 boysPANew Jersey: #36 for boys · 294 births · 1 in 177 boysNJConnecticut: #55 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 285 boysCTCalifornia: #63 for boys · 415 births · 1 in 338 boysCAUtah: #109 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 552 boysUTColorado: #67 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 352 boysCONebraska: #82 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 487 boysNEMissouri: #69 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 386 boysMOKentucky: #63 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 313 boysKYWest Virginia: #77 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 417 boysWVVirginia: #57 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 276 boysVAMaryland: #42 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 240 boysMDDelaware: #55 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 225 boysDEArizona: #90 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 408 boysAZNew Mexico: #122 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 553 boysNMKansas: #66 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 347 boysKSArkansas: #86 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 412 boysARTennessee: #70 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 349 boysTNNorth Carolina: #76 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 343 boysNCSouth Carolina: #84 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 362 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #51 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 267 boysDCOklahoma: #73 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 359 boysOKLouisiana: #43 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 199 boysLAMississippi: #69 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 335 boysMSAlabama: #73 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 344 boysALGeorgia: #76 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 354 boysGAHawaii: #11 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 67 boysHITexas: #72 for boys · 311 births · 1 in 370 boysTXFlorida: #47 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 243 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#11 · 1 in 67
  2. New Jersey#36 · 1 in 177
  3. Alaska#37 · 1 in 147
  4. Maryland#42 · 1 in 240
  5. Louisiana#43 · 1 in 199

Best ever in a state: #8 in Hawaii, 1947.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#111001 in 67
New Jersey#362941 in 177
Alaska#37161 in 147
Maryland#421151 in 240
Louisiana#431891 in 199
Pennsylvania#454951 in 238
Florida#471461 in 243
New Hampshire#47241 in 234
District of Columbia#51541 in 267
Rhode Island#53301 in 295
Connecticut#55761 in 285
Delaware#55171 in 225
Massachusetts#551521 in 340
Wisconsin#551241 in 343
Illinois#563541 in 284
Minnesota#571081 in 349
Virginia#571491 in 276
Idaho#60251 in 289
New York#615501 in 300
Ohio#612641 in 384
Vermont#61141 in 279
California#634151 in 338
Kentucky#631141 in 313
North Dakota#63271 in 282
Nevada#6561 in 281
Kansas#66651 in 347
Colorado#67511 in 352
Washington#67841 in 356
Michigan#692301 in 377
Mississippi#69861 in 335
Missouri#691151 in 386
Maine#70271 in 367
Tennessee#701131 in 349
Oregon#71491 in 378
Texas#723111 in 370
Alabama#731131 in 344
Oklahoma#73671 in 359
Montana#75181 in 397
Georgia#761321 in 354
North Carolina#761551 in 343
South Dakota#77201 in 418
West Virginia#77571 in 417
Indiana#821011 in 499
Nebraska#82321 in 487
South Carolina#84831 in 362
Arkansas#86521 in 412
Arizona#90291 in 408
Iowa#92521 in 594
Utah#109201 in 552
New Mexico#122201 in 553
Wyoming#13451 in 687

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 Glenn
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 84 spots since 2024 (#1,359 → #1,443)
  • 45 spots since 2020 (#1,398 → #1,443)
  • 302 spots since 2015 (#1,141 → #1,443)
  • Biggest jump: 56 spots in 1886 (#192 → #136)
  • Biggest drop: 198 spots in 2009 (#865 → #1,063)
Rise & fade · boys
82 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1962 at #55 (7,356 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 63 yrs · run 1912–1969
  • Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1880–2008
Share of babies · boys
1 in 281
  • Highest: 1 in 281 boys born in 1962 were named Glenn (0.36%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,775 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 23.6% of all boys named Glenn (58,714) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s731#136 (1886)#186
1890s1,501#104 (1897)#113
1900s2,122#94 (1901)#104
1910s14,304#84 (1918)#89
1920s25,157#75 (1926)#79
1930s24,222#71 (1930)#79
1940s35,717#61 (1949)#81
1950s58,714#58 (1951)#65
1960s48,095#55 (1962)#78
1970s16,888#109 (1970)#162
1980s10,189#215 (1980)#232
1990s5,908#296 (1990)#409
2000s2,730#591 (2000)#754
2010s1,615#1,023 (2010)#1,164
2020s749#1,359 (2024)#1,442

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.

Glenn in 1952

girls
#2,266
21 births · 1 in 88,302 girls
boys
#61
5,945 births · 1 in 327 boys

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #2,266Glenn21

Top boys' names in 1952

  1. #1James87,065
  2. #2Robert86,588
  3. #3John83,140
  4. #4Michael79,037
  5. #5David71,752
  6. #6William63,039
  7. #7Richard58,350
  8. #8Thomas48,647
  9. #9Charles38,866
  10. #10Gary38,754
  11. #61Glenn5,945
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 88,302 of them was named Glenn, which outranked 64.5% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Glenn
  1. #2,200Tyra22
  2. #2,200Vernette22
  3. #2,200Vonna22
  4. #2,266Glenn21
  5. #2,266Albina21
  6. #2,266Alexia21
  7. #2,266Amie21
  8. #2,327Alinda20
  9. #2,327Annabell20
  10. #2,327Artis20

Tied with 60 names at #2,266; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,501Pandora#3,284 → #783
  2. ↑ 368Lise#1,314 → #946
  3. ↑ 353Vanessa#656 → #303
  4. ↑ 334Dorinda#1,170 → #836
  5. ↑ 332Mitzi#928 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Rhona#988 → #1,368
  2. ↓ 342Sharleen#765 → #1,107
  3. ↓ 270Enid#908 → #1,178
  4. ↓ 237Allyn#988 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 230Sheron#908 → #1,138

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

boys

1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 327 of them was named Glenn, which outranked 98.6% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Glenn
  1. #58Stanley6,226
  2. #59Craig6,187
  3. #60Philip6,154
  4. #61Glenn5,945
  5. #62Joe5,892
  6. #62Randall5,892
  7. #64Brian5,741
Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 753Darren#1,598 → #845
  2. ↑ 372Robby#1,242 → #870
  3. ↑ 355Cris#1,218 → #863
  4. ↑ 301Ethan#1,295 → #994
  5. ↑ 280Adan#1,150 → #870
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Ottis#984 → #1,461
  2. ↓ 408Wayland#915 → #1,323
  3. ↓ 330Mcarthur#806 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 305Arvin#963 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 285Levon#881 → #1,166

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

See the top 100 for 1952 →