Glenda
#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · Last seen for boys in 1966 at #3,537
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1944 · 3,367 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 12 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 109,227since 1900
Glenda over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #5,917 | 20 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,300 | 24 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,315 | 24 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,657 | 30 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,422 | 32 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,915 | 39 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,350 | 48 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,470 | 46 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,000 | 57 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,887 | 61 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,485 | 75 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,538 | 72 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,088 | 89 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,526 | 66 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,001 | 90 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,866 | 95 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,978 | 86 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,801 | 96 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,844 | 86 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,508 | 112 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,412 | 118 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,358 | 124 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,254 | 135 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,251 | 137 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,211 | 143 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,037 | 179 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,090 | 165 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,029 | 175 | — | |
| 1989 | #897 | 205 | — | |
| 1988 | #967 | 172 | — | |
| 1987 | #908 | 183 | — | |
| 1986 | #841 | 198 | — | |
| 1985 | #785 | 213 | — | |
| 1984 | #713 | 232 | — | |
| 1983 | #613 | 285 | — | |
| 1982 | #568 | 323 | — | |
| 1981 | #593 | 310 | — | |
| 1980 | #567 | 327 | — | |
| 1979 | #603 | 297 | — | |
| 1978 | #515 | 362 | — | |
| 1977 | #477 | 403 | — | |
| 1976 | #436 | 455 | — | |
| 1975 | #443 | 444 | — | |
| 1974 | #398 | 509 | — | |
| 1973 | #372 | 566 | — | |
| 1972 | #359 | 613 | — | |
| 1971 | #333 | 782 | — | |
| 1970 | #312 | 893 | — | |
| 1969 | #298 | 943 | — | |
| 1968 | #272 | 998 | — | |
| 1967 | #252 | 1,110 | — | |
| 1966 | #221 | 1,367 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #217 | 1,514 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #198 | 1,863 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #187 | 2,051 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #166 | 2,457 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #159 | 2,600 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #158 | 2,689 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #148 | 2,839 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #141 | 2,981 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #134 | 3,200 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #134 | 3,245 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #128 | 3,344 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #114 | 3,734 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #105 | 3,655 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #97 | 3,880 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #89 | 4,135 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #87 | 4,215 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #87 | 3,975 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #92 | 3,831 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #96 | 4,156 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #99 | 3,568 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #92 | 2,963 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #79 | 3,367 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #83 | 3,403 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | #89 | 3,089 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #96 | 2,643 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #107 | 2,353 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #112 | 2,286 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #123 | 1,958 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #146 | 1,536 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #150 | 1,366 | — | |
| 1935 | #169 | 1,144 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #194 | 921 | — | |
| 1933 | #232 | 680 | — | |
| 1932 | #387 | 288 | — | |
| 1931 | #428 | 230 | — | |
| 1930 | #495 | 181 | — | |
| 1929 | #497 | 184 | — | |
| 1928 | #508 | 184 | — | |
| 1927 | #556 | 162 | — | |
| 1926 | #539 | 167 | — | |
| 1925 | #609 | 143 | — | |
| 1924 | #613 | 150 | — | |
| 1923 | #669 | 123 | — | |
| 1922 | #674 | 117 | — | |
| 1921 | #684 | 117 | — | |
| 1920 | #697 | 110 | — | |
| 1919 | #797 | 78 | — | |
| 1918 | #766 | 87 | — | |
| 1917 | #766 | 81 | — | |
| 1916 | #848 | 64 | — | |
| 1915 | #798 | 68 | — | |
| 1914 | #802 | 52 | — | |
| 1913 | #758 | 48 | — | |
| 1912 | #795 | 39 | — | |
| 1911 | #838 | 26 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Glenda! It came in at #1,932, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Glenda
- 617 spots since 2024 (#5,300 → #5,917)
- 749 spots since 2020 (#5,168 → #5,917)
- 936 spots since 2015 (#4,981 → #5,917)
- Biggest jump: 683 spots in 1911 (#1,521 → #838)
- Biggest drop: 132 spots in 1990 (#897 → #1,029)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1944 at #79 (3,367 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 12 yrs · run 1941–1952
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1911–1989
- Highest: 1 in 394 girls born in 1944 were named Glenda (0.25%)
- Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 32.3% of all girls named Glenda (35,228) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 65 | #1,052 (1909) | #1,454 |
| 1910s | 553 | #758 (1913) | #869 |
| 1920s | 1,457 | #497 (1929) | #605 |
| 1930s | 10,590 | #112 (1939) | #244 |
| 1940s | 33,348 | #79 (1944) | #92 |
| 1950s | 35,228 | #87 (1950) | #118 |
| 1960s | 17,592 | #158 (1960) | #213 |
| 1970s | 5,324 | #312 (1970) | #425 |
| 1980s | 2,448 | #567 (1980) | #745 |
| 1990s | 1,374 | #1,029 (1990) | #1,299 |
| 2000s | 787 | #1,801 (2000) | #2,317 |
| 2010s | 325 | #3,350 (2011) | #4,541 |
| 2020s | 136 | #4,833 (2021) | #5,512 |
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.
Glenda in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 443 of them was named Glenda, which outranked 98.5% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 125,330 of them was named Glenda, which outranked 51.7% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,943Wheeler15
- #1,943Zebedee15
- #1,943Zollie15
- #2,027Glenda14
- #2,027Alexis14
- #2,027Almon14
- #2,027Armin14
- #2,115Almond13
- #2,115Ambrosio13
- #2,115Ancil13
Tied with 87 names at #2,027; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.