Glennis

Where Glennis comes from

Glennis hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #1,620 among girls, 12 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1913
    Glennis Lorimer born
    British actress
  3. 1939
    Peak, #903
    60 babies named Glennis — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,543.
  5. 1982
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Glennis Lorimer · British actress, 1913–1968

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.