Glennis
- Last seen for girls in 1997 at #12,070
- Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
- Given to girls 74.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 60 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,056since 1912
Glennis over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
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| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
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| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #1,708 | 46 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #2,004 | 34 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #2,152 | 28 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,103 | 27 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #1,597 | 41 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #1,623 | 39 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #1,531 | 41 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #1,528 | 38 | #1,553 | 23 |
| 1950 | #1,433 | 41 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #1,236 | 54 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 | #1,460 | 25 |
| 1947 | #1,141 | 62 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #1,419 | 38 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,255 | 40 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,305 | 39 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #1,195 | 44 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #1,335 | 33 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #1,114 | 42 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #903 | 60 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #992 | 51 | #1,476 | 21 |
| 1937 | #1,144 | 39 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #921 | 55 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,084 | 41 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #1,311 | 30 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,375 | 29 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #1,181 | 40 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #1,159 | 41 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #1,136 | 45 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #1,619 | 26 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #1,303 | 36 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #1,466 | 31 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #1,227 | 42 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #1,305 | 36 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #1,232 | 40 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #1,437 | 32 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #1,550 | 28 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #1,369 | 32 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #1,377 | 29 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | — | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Glennis! It came in at #1,620, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1981, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Glennis is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Glennis in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Glennis
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
- Biggest jump: 163 spots in 1936
- Biggest drop: 223 spots in 1937
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1939 at #903 (60 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1938–1939
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,277
- Highest: 1 in 18,277 girls born in 1939 were named Glennis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 290,118 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
- 20.2% of all girls named Glennis (416) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1982
- Mostly boys until 1981, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 154 | #1,369 (1919) | #1,751 |
| 1920s | 357 | #1,136 (1928) | #1,343 |
| 1930s | 402 | #903 (1939) | #1,167 |
| 1940s | 416 | #1,114 (1940) | #1,309 |
| 1950s | 316 | #1,433 (1950) | #1,970 |
| 1960s | 228 | #1,708 (1964) | #2,774 |
| 1970s | 98 | #3,872 (1970) | #5,873 |
| 1980s | 67 | #6,810 (1984) | #8,574 |
| 1990s | 18 | #10,271 (1991) | #11,928 |
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.
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