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.
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 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 245,833 of them was named Glen, which outranked 33.5% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,563Yumiko8
- #7,563Zeina8
- #7,563Zuleika8
- #8,318Glen7
- #8,318Aaren7
- #8,318Abrianna7
- #8,318Adah7
- #9,307Abi6
- #9,307Adaline6
- #9,307Adana6
Tied with 988 names at #8,318; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 3,624 of them was named Glen, which outranked 95.3% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.