Glenna
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1940 at #3,459
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1931 · 564 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 25,624since 1880
Glenna over time
Rank among girls' names. Glenna has never cracked the top 200 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 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,831 | 30 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,626 | 31 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,632 | 30 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,701 | 45 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,920 | 40 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,957 | 38 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,278 | 52 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,274 | 49 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,065 | 53 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,079 | 51 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,203 | 47 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,299 | 42 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,310 | 41 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,220 | 45 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,085 | 49 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,785 | 61 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,753 | 62 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,893 | 52 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,440 | 77 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,286 | 85 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,162 | 99 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,252 | 87 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,185 | 91 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,006 | 117 | — | |
| 1971 | #911 | 143 | — | |
| 1970 | #961 | 132 | — | |
| 1969 | #881 | 142 | — | |
| 1968 | #879 | 137 | — | |
| 1967 | #779 | 161 | — | |
| 1966 | #803 | 152 | — | |
| 1965 | #774 | 164 | — | |
| 1964 | #714 | 210 | — | |
| 1963 | #651 | 241 | — | |
| 1962 | #570 | 298 | — | |
| 1961 | #633 | 258 | — | |
| 1960 | #585 | 286 | — | |
| 1959 | #567 | 297 | — | |
| 1958 | #553 | 310 | — | |
| 1957 | #532 | 324 | — | |
| 1956 | #458 | 404 | — | |
| 1955 | #410 | 461 | — | |
| 1954 | #379 | 521 | — | |
| 1953 | #365 | 539 | — | |
| 1952 | #342 | 583 | — | |
| 1951 | #310 | 645 | — | |
| 1950 | #317 | 600 | — | |
| 1949 | #327 | 567 | — | |
| 1948 | #321 | 587 | — | |
| 1947 | #312 | 613 | — | |
| 1946 | #323 | 530 | — | |
| 1945 | #318 | 453 | — | |
| 1944 | #298 | 512 | — | |
| 1943 | #311 | 500 | — | |
| 1942 | #309 | 489 | — | |
| 1941 | #299 | 463 | — | |
| 1940 | #294 | 463 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #292 | 456 | — | |
| 1938 | #291 | 463 | — | |
| 1937 | #277 | 499 | — | |
| 1936 | #296 | 425 | — | |
| 1935 | #278 | 479 | — | |
| 1934 | #270 | 516 | — | |
| 1933 | #276 | 504 | — | |
| 1932 | #273 | 515 | — | |
| 1931 | #256 | 564 | — | |
| 1930 | #268 | 555 | — | |
| 1929 | #305 | 477 | — | |
| 1928 | #289 | 519 | — | |
| 1927 | #325 | 429 | — | |
| 1926 | #306 | 467 | — | |
| 1925 | #329 | 410 | — | |
| 1924 | #337 | 399 | — | |
| 1923 | #327 | 391 | — | |
| 1922 | #365 | 330 | — | |
| 1921 | #371 | 328 | — | |
| 1920 | #406 | 268 | — | |
| 1919 | #390 | 275 | — | |
| 1918 | #393 | 276 | — | |
| 1917 | #401 | 249 | — | |
| 1916 | #420 | 221 | — | |
| 1915 | #453 | 185 | — | |
| 1914 | #449 | 149 | — | |
| 1913 | #472 | 113 | — | |
| 1912 | #485 | 97 | — | |
| 1911 | #487 | 72 | — | |
| 1910 | #500 | 66 | — | |
| 1909 | #477 | 62 | — | |
| 1908 | #503 | 52 | — | |
| 1907 | #572 | 41 | — | |
| 1906 | #492 | 49 | — | |
| 1905 | #497 | 46 | — | |
| 1904 | #445 | 53 | — | |
| 1903 | #451 | 50 | — | |
| 1902 | #490 | 41 | — | |
| 1901 | #538 | 32 | — | |
| 1900 | #504 | 45 | — | |
| 1899 | #408 | 51 | — | |
| 1898 | #461 | 45 | — | |
| 1897 | #408 | 51 | — | |
| 1896 | #440 | 43 | — | |
| 1895 | #471 | 38 | — | |
| 1894 | #597 | 24 | — | |
| 1893 | #473 | 32 | — | |
| 1892 | #540 | 26 | — | |
| 1891 | #608 | 19 | — | |
| 1890 | #538 | 24 | — | |
| 1889 | #567 | 20 | — | |
| 1888 | #503 | 25 | — | |
| 1887 | #560 | 16 | — | |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 | — | |
| 1885 | #446 | 22 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 | — | |
| 1880 | #679 | 7 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Glenna was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2024, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Glenna is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#80 · 1 in 386
- Kentucky#122 · 1 in 562
- Kansas#129 · 1 in 684
- Oklahoma#132 · 1 in 630
- Utah#157 · 1 in 715
Best ever in a state: #62 in Idaho, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #80 | 49 | 1 in 386 |
| Kentucky | #122 | 51 | 1 in 562 |
| Kansas | #129 | 18 | 1 in 684 |
| Oklahoma | #132 | 32 | 1 in 630 |
| Utah | #157 | 7 | 1 in 715 |
| Oregon | #164 | 8 | 1 in 892 |
| Arizona | #169 | 7 | 1 in 692 |
| Arkansas | #195 | 21 | 1 in 910 |
| Tennessee | #198 | 25 | 1 in 1,127 |
| Ohio | #205 | 31 | 1 in 1,700 |
| Missouri | #219 | 18 | 1 in 1,554 |
| Virginia | #226 | 17 | 1 in 1,454 |
| New Mexico | #227 | 6 | 1 in 978 |
| Michigan | #254 | 17 | 1 in 2,572 |
| Maryland | #258 | 6 | 1 in 2,167 |
| Indiana | #299 | 9 | 1 in 2,984 |
| Florida | #306 | 7 | 1 in 2,118 |
| Massachusetts | #314 | 6 | 1 in 4,898 |
| Iowa | #335 | 5 | 1 in 3,944 |
| Texas | #346 | 27 | 1 in 2,226 |
| North Carolina | #366 | 10 | 1 in 3,766 |
| Illinois | #385 | 12 | 1 in 4,688 |
| Pennsylvania | #425 | 11 | 1 in 6,818 |
| California | #494 | 9 | 1 in 5,547 |
| New York | #624 | 7 | 1 in 12,816 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Glenna
- 1,682 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #11,932)
- 97 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 285 spots in 1885 (#731 → #446)
- Biggest drop: 274 spots in 1882 (#539 → #813)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1931 at #256 (564 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 30 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1880–1971
- Highest: 1 in 1,888 girls born in 1931 were named Glenna (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.2% of all girls named Glenna (5,177) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 140 | #446 (1885) | #603 |
| 1890s | 353 | #408 (1897) | #494 |
| 1900s | 471 | #445 (1904) | #497 |
| 1910s | 1,703 | #390 (1919) | #445 |
| 1920s | 4,018 | #289 (1928) | #336 |
| 1930s | 4,976 | #256 (1931) | #278 |
| 1940s | 5,177 | #294 (1940) | #311 |
| 1950s | 4,684 | #310 (1951) | #423 |
| 1960s | 2,049 | #570 (1962) | #727 |
| 1970s | 945 | #911 (1971) | #1,285 |
| 1980s | 490 | #1,785 (1980) | #2,160 |
| 1990s | 345 | #2,701 (1994) | #3,472 |
| 2000s | 134 | #5,491 (2000) | #8,774 |
| 2010s | 98 | #8,875 (2016) | #10,450 |
| 2020s | 41 | #8,542 (2022) | #11,277 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Glenna in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 2,470 of them was named Glenna, which outranked 94.2% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 231,834 of them was named Glenna, which outranked 12.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 478 names at #3,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.