Glynis
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504 · Last seen for boys in 1963 at #4,048
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1963 · 278 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,014since 1939
Glynis over time
Rank among girls' names. Glynis has never cracked the top 500 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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| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
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| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
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| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | — | |
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| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,904 | 45 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,058 | 37 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,625 | 50 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,336 | 67 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,031 | 101 | — | |
| 1965 | #803 | 152 | — | |
| 1964 | #672 | 230 | — | |
| 1963 | #596 | 278 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #992 | 117 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,406 | 63 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,450 | 55 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,376 | 59 | — | |
| 1956 | #977 | 107 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,361 | 54 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,206 | 69 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,312 | 55 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,578 | 37 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
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| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
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| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
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| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Glynis! It came in at #4,250, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1939–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Glynis is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#888 · 1 in 18,825
- Texas#1,051 · 1 in 16,492
- California#1,432 · 1 in 32,794
Best ever in a state: #262 in Hawaii, 1963.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #888 | 9 | 1 in 18,825 |
| Texas | #1,051 | 7 | 1 in 16,492 |
| California | #1,432 | 5 | 1 in 32,794 |
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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 Glynis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 414 spots in 1962 (#1,406 → #992)
- Biggest drop: 399 spots in 1957 (#977 → #1,376)
- Debuted 1939
- Peaked 1963 at #596 (278 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1962–1965
- Highest: 1 in 6,933 girls born in 1963 were named Glynis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,188 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 56.2% of all girls named Glynis (1,131) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,250 (1939) | #4,250 |
| 1940s | 71 | #2,416 (1948) | #3,400 |
| 1950s | 491 | #977 (1956) | #1,740 |
| 1960s | 1,131 | #596 (1963) | #1,241 |
| 1970s | 153 | #1,904 (1970) | #4,827 |
| 1980s | 79 | #6,156 (1986) | #7,568 |
| 1990s | 63 | #7,041 (1995) | #9,144 |
| 2000s | 21 | #13,595 (2002) | #15,557 |
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.
Glynis in 1957
Top girls' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 34,658 of them was named Glynis, which outranked 80.4% 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).
- #1,366Richelle60
- #1,366Simone60
- #1,366Stacia60
- #1,376Glynis59
- #1,376Alvina59
- #1,376Casey59
- #1,376Charity59
- #1,388Candyce58
- #1,388Dorine58
- #1,388Drusilla58
Tied with 11 names at #1,376; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.