Glynda
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #8,318
- Peak · girls
- 1944 · 107 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,425since 1925
Glynda over time
Rank among girls' names. Glynda 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.
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| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 |
| 1965 | #1,914 | 36 |
| 1964 | #1,731 | 45 |
| 1963 | #1,565 | 52 |
| 1962 | #1,782 | 41 |
| 1961 | #1,872 | 38 |
| 1960 | #1,467 | 56 |
| 1959 | #1,552 | 49 |
| 1958 | #1,379 | 59 |
| 1957 | #1,344 | 62 |
| 1956 | #1,398 | 56 |
| 1955 | #1,273 | 63 |
| 1954 | #1,317 | 57 |
| 1953 | #1,178 | 67 |
| 1952 | #1,107 | 72 |
| 1951 | #982 | 90 |
| 1950 | #927 | 92 |
| 1949 | #868 | 102 |
| 1948 | #816 | 113 |
| 1947 | #787 | 121 |
| 1946 | #931 | 80 |
| 1945 | #784 | 91 |
| 1944 | #732 | 107 |
| 1943 | #788 | 97 |
| 1942 | #804 | 90 |
| 1941 | #830 | 76 |
| 1940 | #928 | 60 |
| 1939 | #868 | 65 |
| 1938 | #1,159 | 39 |
| 1937 | #1,303 | 31 |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
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| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 |
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| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Glynda! It came in at #4,028, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1926, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Glynda is popular in 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#325 · 1 in 2,434
- Texas#349 · 1 in 2,310
- Tennessee#394 · 1 in 4,476
- Georgia#464 · 1 in 5,863
- Kentucky#472 · 1 in 5,867
Best ever in a state: #276 in Arkansas, 1944.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #325 | 10 | 1 in 2,434 |
| Texas | #349 | 29 | 1 in 2,310 |
| Tennessee | #394 | 7 | 1 in 4,476 |
| Georgia | #464 | 6 | 1 in 5,863 |
| Kentucky | #472 | 5 | 1 in 5,867 |
| Alabama | #497 | 5 | 1 in 6,616 |
| Louisiana | #509 | 5 | 1 in 5,253 |
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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 Glynda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1985
- Biggest jump: 291 spots in 1939 (#1,159 → #868)
- Biggest drop: 147 spots in 1946 (#784 → #931)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1944 at #732 (107 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1939–1951
- Highest: 1 in 12,404 girls born in 1944 were named Glynda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 245,833 girls born in 1985 (0.00%)
- 38.6% of all girls named Glynda (937) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1920s | 29 | #3,053 (1927) | #3,872 |
| 1930s | 222 | #868 (1939) | #2,012 |
| 1940s | 937 | #732 (1944) | #827 |
| 1950s | 667 | #927 (1950) | #1,246 |
| 1960s | 387 | #1,467 (1960) | #1,929 |
| 1970s | 138 | #3,435 (1970) | #4,515 |
| 1980s | 45 | #6,323 (1981) | #7,978 |
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.
Glynda in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 15,008 of them was named Glynda, which outranked 85.1% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).