Glen
Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798 · #2,020 for boys in 2025, 74 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1931 · 1,563 births
- Debut · boys
- 24 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 125,706since 1880
Glen over time
Rank among boys' names. Glen has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,020 | 74 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,288 | 62 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,387 | 57 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,083 | 72 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,815 | 86 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,419 | 54 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,974 | 74 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,901 | 78 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,612 | 99 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,799 | 84 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,668 | 94 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,526 | 105 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,546 | 102 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,602 | 97 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,404 | 118 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,652 | 94 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,413 | 119 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,445 | 114 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,311 | 131 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,306 | 126 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,225 | 129 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,080 | 147 | |
| 2003 | — | #969 | 166 | |
| 2002 | — | #891 | 182 | |
| 2001 | — | #837 | 194 | |
| 2000 | — | #765 | 217 | |
| 1999 | — | #777 | 204 | |
| 1998 | — | #740 | 218 | |
| 1997 | — | #682 | 237 | |
| 1996 | — | #647 | 259 | |
| 1995 | — | #591 | 301 | |
| 1994 | — | #573 | 321 | |
| 1993 | — | #552 | 337 | |
| 1992 | — | #526 | 370 | |
| 1991 | — | #484 | 416 | |
| 1990 | — | #464 | 450 | |
| 1989 | — | #428 | 480 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #390 | 507 |
| 1987 | — | #381 | 505 | |
| 1986 | — | #393 | 463 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #360 | 510 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #340 | 550 |
| 1983 | — | #344 | 527 | |
| 1982 | — | #330 | 581 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #312 | 609 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #319 | 599 |
| 1979 | — | #320 | 586 | |
| 1978 | — | #291 | 653 | |
| 1977 | — | #293 | 667 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #261 | 751 |
| 1975 | — | #250 | 808 | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #244 | 818 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #242 | 867 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #202 | 1,153 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #174 | 1,534 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | #155 | 1,997 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | #136 | 2,241 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | #162 | 1,667 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #157 | 1,710 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #161 | 1,750 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | #149 | 2,068 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #154 | 2,124 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | #143 | 2,357 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #129 | 2,831 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | #135 | 2,686 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #143 | 2,443 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | #134 | 2,693 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | #131 | 2,798 |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 | #129 | 2,924 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 | #125 | 2,720 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | #131 | 2,490 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | #131 | 2,496 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | #129 | 2,389 |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 | #121 | 2,492 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | #127 | 2,220 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | #125 | 2,173 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | #127 | 2,203 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 | #133 | 2,047 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #138 | 2,070 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | #143 | 1,677 |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 | #148 | 1,395 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | #147 | 1,451 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #146 | 1,445 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | #144 | 1,421 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | #139 | 1,410 |
| 1940 | #1,591 | 24 | #130 | 1,434 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | #123 | 1,428 |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 | #121 | 1,464 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | #122 | 1,357 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 | #119 | 1,441 |
| 1935 | #1,514 | 24 | #124 | 1,396 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | #120 | 1,442 |
| 1933 | #1,470 | 25 | #124 | 1,335 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #118 | 1,465 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 28 | #112 | 1,563 |
| 1930 | #1,403 | 30 | #114 | 1,595 |
| 1929 | #1,419 | 29 | #123 | 1,427 |
| 1928 | #1,394 | 31 | #115 | 1,595 |
| 1927 | #1,331 | 36 | #115 | 1,617 |
| 1926 | #1,303 | 36 | #121 | 1,519 |
| 1925 | #1,647 | 26 | #117 | 1,537 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 | #118 | 1,518 |
| 1923 | #1,598 | 27 | #121 | 1,450 |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 | #123 | 1,384 |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 | #119 | 1,506 |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 | #122 | 1,412 |
| 1919 | #1,745 | 22 | #116 | 1,389 |
| 1918 | #1,411 | 30 | #125 | 1,318 |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 | #122 | 1,235 |
| 1916 | #1,533 | 24 | #122 | 1,156 |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | #123 | 1,112 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | #123 | 853 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #129 | 606 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | #139 | 460 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #145 | 231 |
| 1910 | — | #165 | 184 | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #145 | 178 |
| 1908 | — | #149 | 158 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #150 | 150 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | #164 | 120 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #157 | 128 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #157 | 120 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | #152 | 121 |
| 1902 | — | #149 | 123 | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | #150 | 105 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | #155 | 134 |
| 1899 | — | #150 | 101 | |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | #154 | 111 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #175 | 88 |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | #145 | 113 |
| 1895 | — | #151 | 102 | |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | #142 | 108 |
| 1893 | — | #189 | 77 | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | #151 | 106 |
| 1891 | — | #157 | 85 | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | #194 | 68 |
| 1889 | — | #219 | 58 | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | #194 | 77 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | #218 | 52 |
| 1886 | — | #243 | 49 | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | #245 | 45 |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | #251 | 47 |
| 1883 | — | #318 | 27 | |
| 1882 | — | #332 | 27 | |
| 1881 | — | #286 | 31 | |
| 1880 | — | #350 | 24 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Glen was already there! It came in at #350, and was given to 24 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 32 boys a year got the name.
Where Glen is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Rhode Island#103 · 1 in 754
- West Virginia#117 · 1 in 768
- Maine#121 · 1 in 809
- Utah#126 · 1 in 674
- Nevada#127 · 1 in 680
Best ever in a state: #12 in Utah, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #103 | 8 | 1 in 754 |
| West Virginia | #117 | 18 | 1 in 768 |
| Maine | #121 | 9 | 1 in 809 |
| Utah | #126 | 18 | 1 in 674 |
| Nevada | #127 | 5 | 1 in 680 |
| Minnesota | #128 | 28 | 1 in 957 |
| Kentucky | #142 | 27 | 1 in 983 |
| Massachusetts | #148 | 27 | 1 in 1,395 |
| Missouri | #148 | 38 | 1 in 925 |
| Iowa | #150 | 17 | 1 in 1,127 |
| Oklahoma | #150 | 21 | 1 in 900 |
| Arkansas | #153 | 18 | 1 in 831 |
| New Jersey | #163 | 41 | 1 in 1,119 |
| Hawaii | #164 | 8 | 1 in 756 |
| Washington | #164 | 20 | 1 in 1,090 |
| Idaho | #166 | 6 | 1 in 972 |
| Florida | #173 | 54 | 1 in 935 |
| Ohio | #173 | 61 | 1 in 1,334 |
| Mississippi | #175 | 21 | 1 in 949 |
| Tennessee | #176 | 29 | 1 in 1,108 |
| Indiana | #177 | 30 | 1 in 1,388 |
| Connecticut | #184 | 12 | 1 in 1,487 |
| Wisconsin | #190 | 18 | 1 in 1,689 |
| Michigan | #193 | 48 | 1 in 1,435 |
| New York | #193 | 96 | 1 in 1,270 |
| Arizona | #199 | 16 | 1 in 1,059 |
| California | #200 | 123 | 1 in 1,221 |
| Colorado | #209 | 13 | 1 in 1,393 |
| New Mexico | #214 | 8 | 1 in 1,104 |
| Virginia | #215 | 21 | 1 in 1,589 |
| Illinois | #217 | 52 | 1 in 1,591 |
| Maryland | #220 | 12 | 1 in 1,966 |
| Pennsylvania | #223 | 33 | 1 in 2,399 |
| Louisiana | #224 | 26 | 1 in 1,201 |
| Kansas | #227 | 8 | 1 in 1,793 |
| South Carolina | #229 | 14 | 1 in 1,555 |
| Nebraska | #231 | 5 | 1 in 2,161 |
| Oregon | #232 | 8 | 1 in 1,815 |
| Texas | #279 | 61 | 1 in 1,744 |
| North Carolina | #283 | 18 | 1 in 2,311 |
| Georgia | #291 | 18 | 1 in 2,252 |
| Alabama | #295 | 12 | 1 in 2,303 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Glen
- 268 spots since 2024 (#2,288 → #2,020)
- 399 spots since 2020 (#2,419 → #2,020)
- 352 spots since 2015 (#1,668 → #2,020)
- Biggest jump: 67 spots in 1884 (#318 → #251)
- Biggest drop: 111 spots in 2004 (#969 → #1,080)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1931 at #112 (1,563 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 45 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1880–2003
- Highest: 1 in 665 boys born in 1931 were named Glen (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,082 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.2% of all boys named Glen (25,395) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 437 | #194 (1888) | #266 |
| 1890s | 959 | #142 (1894) | #161 |
| 1900s | 1,337 | #145 (1909) | #153 |
| 1910s | 8,544 | #116 (1919) | #131 |
| 1920s | 14,965 | #115 (1927) | #119 |
| 1930s | 14,486 | #112 (1931) | #120 |
| 1940s | 16,553 | #127 (1949) | #140 |
| 1950s | 25,395 | #121 (1952) | #128 |
| 1960s | 21,877 | #129 (1962) | #147 |
| 1970s | 9,834 | #155 (1970) | #243 |
| 1980s | 5,331 | #312 (1981) | #360 |
| 1990s | 3,113 | #464 (1990) | #604 |
| 2000s | 1,525 | #765 (2000) | #1,124 |
| 2010s | 945 | #1,404 (2011) | #1,668 |
| 2020s | 405 | #1,815 (2021) | #2,169 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Glen in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 253,541 of them was named Glen, which outranked 24.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,558Yukiko7
- #6,558Zorina7
- #6,558Zully7
- #7,292Glen6
- #7,292Adonia6
- #7,292Afua6
- #7,292Aggie6
- #8,292Aarona5
- #8,292Abigale5
- #8,292Adabel5
Tied with 999 names at #7,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,406 of them was named Glen, which outranked 96.5% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.