Glinda
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 142 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,547since 1931
Glinda over time
Rank among girls' names. Glinda has never cracked the top 700 here.
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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| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
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| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
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| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 |
| 1968 | #2,024 | 35 |
| 1967 | #2,117 | 31 |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 |
| 1965 | #1,768 | 41 |
| 1964 | #2,011 | 35 |
| 1963 | #1,478 | 57 |
| 1962 | #1,627 | 48 |
| 1961 | #1,232 | 80 |
| 1960 | #1,405 | 61 |
| 1959 | #1,165 | 83 |
| 1958 | #1,104 | 91 |
| 1957 | #1,153 | 84 |
| 1956 | #1,086 | 90 |
| 1955 | #858 | 128 |
| 1954 | #936 | 106 |
| 1953 | #860 | 118 |
| 1952 | #808 | 126 |
| 1951 | #733 | 142 |
| 1950 | #777 | 124 |
| 1949 | #813 | 115 |
| 1948 | #816 | 113 |
| 1947 | #825 | 113 |
| 1946 | #979 | 73 |
| 1945 | #979 | 62 |
| 1944 | #945 | 67 |
| 1943 | #1,048 | 58 |
| 1942 | #1,195 | 44 |
| 1941 | #1,271 | 36 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 |
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| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Glinda! It came in at #3,497, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1932, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Glinda is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#387 · 1 in 3,333
- Arkansas#417 · 1 in 3,710
- Mississippi#497 · 1 in 5,214
- Louisiana#664 · 1 in 7,962
- Illinois#899 · 1 in 18,075
Best ever in a state: #298 in Tennessee, 1944.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #387 | 11 | 1 in 3,333 |
| Arkansas | #417 | 5 | 1 in 3,710 |
| Mississippi | #497 | 5 | 1 in 5,214 |
| Louisiana | #664 | 5 | 1 in 7,962 |
| Illinois | #899 | 6 | 1 in 18,075 |
| Texas | #988 | 8 | 1 in 14,430 |
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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 Glinda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 154 spots in 1947 (#979 → #825)
- Biggest drop: 228 spots in 1956 (#858 → #1,086)
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 1951 at #733 (142 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1944–1955
- Highest: 1 in 12,682 girls born in 1951 were named Glinda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,188 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 42.9% of all girls named Glinda (1,092) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 75 | #1,797 (1939) | #2,783 |
| 1940s | 699 | #813 (1949) | #1,077 |
| 1950s | 1,092 | #733 (1951) | #948 |
| 1960s | 460 | #1,232 (1961) | #1,772 |
| 1970s | 143 | #2,779 (1970) | #5,116 |
| 1980s | 58 | #5,245 (1980) | #8,667 |
| 1990s | 15 | #9,247 (1990) | #9,918 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,504 (2008) | #17,504 |
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.
Glinda in 1957
Top girls' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 24,343 of them was named Glinda, which outranked 83.6% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,144Sophie85
- #1,144Theodora85
- #1,144Vida85
- #1,153Glinda84
- #1,153Berta84
- #1,153Debroah84
- #1,153Kathaleen84
- #1,159Aline83
- #1,159Amalia83
- #1,159Concetta83
Tied with 5 names at #1,153; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.