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

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Peak · girls
1944 · 3,367 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
12 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
109,227
since 1900

Glenda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #79, 1944girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,91720
2024#5,30024
2023#5,39023
2022#6,46418
2021#4,83327
2020#5,16824
2019#5,61222
2018#5,31524
2017#5,33824
2016#4,34533
2015#4,98127
2014#4,65730
2013#4,42232
2012#3,91539
2011#3,35048
2010#3,47046
2009#3,00057
2008#2,88761
2007#2,48575
2006#2,53872
2005#2,08889
2004#2,52666
2003#2,00190
2002#1,86695
2001#1,97886
2000#1,80196
1999#1,84486
1998#1,508112
1997#1,412118
1996#1,358124
1995#1,254135
1994#1,251137
1993#1,211143
1992#1,037179
1991#1,090165
1990#1,029175
1989#897205
1988#967172
1987#908183
1986#841198
1985#785213
1984#713232
1983#613285
1982#568323
1981#593310
1980#567327
1979#603297
1978#515362
1977#477403
1976#436455
1975#443444
1974#398509
1973#372566
1972#359613
1971#333782
1970#312893
1969#298943
1968#272998
1967#2521,110
1966#2211,367#3,5376
1965#2171,514#3,9305
1964#1981,863#3,6016
1963#1872,051#3,0448
1962#1662,457#3,3057
1961#1592,600#2,70610
1960#1582,689#2,68510
1959#1482,839#3,2907
1958#1412,981#2,37012
1957#1343,200#3,0248
1956#1343,245#2,9698
1955#1283,344#2,43511
1954#1143,734#2,9428
1953#1053,655#3,4256
1952#973,880#2,51410
1951#894,135#3,0667
1950#874,215#2,5809
1949#873,975#2,22512
1948#923,831#2,02714
1947#964,156#3,0967
1946#993,568#2,6908
1945#922,963#2,24210
1944#793,367#2,30910
1943#833,403#1,63619
1942#893,089#1,73017
1941#962,643#2,20711
1940#1072,353#2,4789
1939#1122,286#2,6098
1938#1231,958#2,18511
1937#1461,536#1,91314
1936#1501,366
1935#1691,144#2,9517
1934#194921
1933#232680
1932#387288
1931#428230
1930#495181
1929#497184
1928#508184
1927#556162
1926#539167
1925#609143
1924#613150
1923#669123
1922#674117
1921#684117
1920#697110
1919#79778
1918#76687
1917#76681
1916#84864
1915#79868
1914#80252
1913#75848
1912#79539
1911#83826
1910#1,52110
1909#1,05215
1908#1,13513
1907#1,28910
1906#1,9515
1905#1,16211
1904#1,6596
1903
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1900#1,9325
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First appearance
1900

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1944 at #79 (3,367 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 12 yrs · run 1941–1952
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1911–1989
Share of babies · girls
1 in 394
  • Highest: 1 in 394 girls born in 1944 were named Glenda (0.25%)
  • Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 32.3% of all girls named Glenda (35,228) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s65#1,052 (1909)#1,454
1910s553#758 (1913)#869
1920s1,457#497 (1929)#605
1930s10,590#112 (1939)#244
1940s33,348#79 (1944)#92
1950s35,228#87 (1950)#118
1960s17,592#158 (1960)#213
1970s5,324#312 (1970)#425
1980s2,448#567 (1980)#745
1990s1,374#1,029 (1990)#1,299
2000s787#1,801 (2000)#2,317
2010s325#3,350 (2011)#4,541
2020s136#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 1966

girls
#221
1,367 births · 1 in 1,238 girls
boys
#3,537
6 births · 1 in 297,244 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #221Glenda1,367

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #3,537Glenda6
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 1,238 of them was named Glenda, which outranked 97.1% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Glenda
  1. #218Rosa1,398
  2. #219Angie1,394
  3. #220Leah1,378
  4. #221Glenda1,367
  5. #222Tracie1,361
  6. #223Hope1,359
  7. #224Lora1,357
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 297,244 of them was named Glenda, which outranked 22.1% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Glenda
  1. #3,249Williard7
  2. #3,249Yosef7
  3. #3,249Zollie7
  4. #3,537Glenda6
  5. #3,537Adriel6
  6. #3,537Adrienne6
  7. #3,537Adron6
  8. #3,948Aarron5
  9. #3,948Abdel5
  10. #3,948Abelino5

Tied with 410 names at #3,537; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 1,207Jarrod#1,720#513
  2. 893Heath#1,254#361
  3. 467Illya#1,294#827
  4. 419Jarrett#1,294#875
  5. 399Reynold#1,360#961
Fallers
  1. 464Quint#986#1,450
  2. 303Dario#934#1,237
  3. 299Darran#1,000#1,299
  4. 281Artie#897#1,178
  5. 268Daryn#716#984

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1966