Glendon
Last seen for girls in 1946 at #4,417 · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1933 · 86 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,695since 1904
Glendon over time
Rank among boys' names. Glendon has never cracked the top 600 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 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,517 | 13 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,032 | 14 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,106 | 18 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,935 | 19 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,982 | 26 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,066 | 18 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,659 | 15 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,251 | 23 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,767 | 15 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,210 | 17 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,525 | 15 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,005 | 22 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,815 | 16 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,182 | 25 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,597 | 20 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,559 | 18 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,951 | 24 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,943 | 23 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,999 | 22 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,469 | 28 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,170 | 33 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,292 | 29 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,599 | 22 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,215 | 26 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,694 | 37 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,226 | 24 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,933 | 28 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,815 | 31 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,138 | 24 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,910 | 29 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,464 | 41 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,508 | 38 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,356 | 45 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,100 | 59 | |
| 1975 | — | #764 | 118 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,409 | 37 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,464 | 34 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,966 | 21 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,546 | 30 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,463 | 30 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,393 | 31 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,484 | 27 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,335 | 33 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,350 | 34 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,165 | 44 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,242 | 39 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,121 | 49 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,139 | 47 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,280 | 37 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,265 | 37 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,165 | 44 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,140 | 44 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,091 | 47 | |
| 1954 | — | #952 | 60 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,025 | 50 | |
| 1952 | — | #981 | 53 | |
| 1951 | — | #915 | 59 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,074 | 43 | |
| 1949 | — | #885 | 60 | |
| 1948 | — | #891 | 59 | |
| 1947 | — | #886 | 62 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #1,045 | 43 |
| 1945 | — | #916 | 49 | |
| 1944 | — | #824 | 58 | |
| 1943 | — | #808 | 66 | |
| 1942 | — | #834 | 61 | |
| 1941 | — | #758 | 67 | |
| 1940 | — | #818 | 58 | |
| 1939 | — | #867 | 50 | |
| 1938 | — | #742 | 68 | |
| 1937 | — | #764 | 64 | |
| 1936 | — | #756 | 64 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #790 | 61 |
| 1934 | — | #716 | 73 | |
| 1933 | — | #624 | 86 | |
| 1932 | — | #691 | 79 | |
| 1931 | — | #742 | 69 | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #755 | 71 |
| 1929 | — | #794 | 66 | |
| 1928 | — | #629 | 96 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #762 | 74 |
| 1926 | — | #683 | 86 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #772 | 73 |
| 1924 | — | #671 | 93 | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #706 | 84 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #714 | 84 |
| 1921 | — | #760 | 77 | |
| 1920 | — | #667 | 91 | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #811 | 65 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #909 | 53 |
| 1917 | — | #699 | 75 | |
| 1916 | — | #877 | 52 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,100 | 34 | |
| 1914 | — | #949 | 34 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,146 | 20 | |
| 1912 | — | #935 | 23 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Glendon! It came in at #1,205, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1905, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Glendon
- 29 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #6,803)
- 1,264 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #6,803)
- 2,821 spots since 2015 (#3,982 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 645 spots in 1975 (#1,409 → #764)
- Biggest drop: 336 spots in 1976 (#764 → #1,100)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1933 at #624 (86 births)
- Births halved by 1946, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1916–1945
- Highest: 1 in 11,529 boys born in 1933 were named Glendon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.6% of all boys named Glendon (824) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 24 | #1,083 (1909) | #1,193 |
| 1910s | 373 | #699 (1917) | #986 |
| 1920s | 824 | #629 (1928) | #716 |
| 1930s | 685 | #624 (1933) | #745 |
| 1940s | 583 | #758 (1941) | #867 |
| 1950s | 474 | #915 (1951) | #1,089 |
| 1960s | 356 | #1,121 (1961) | #1,334 |
| 1970s | 454 | #764 (1975) | #1,414 |
| 1980s | 277 | #1,694 (1986) | #2,078 |
| 1990s | 234 | #2,170 (1990) | #3,062 |
| 2000s | 163 | #3,764 (2000) | #5,100 |
| 2010s | 176 | #3,982 (2015) | #5,582 |
| 2020s | 72 | #6,032 (2021) | #6,847 |
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.
Glendon in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
Top boys' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 140,741 of them was named Glendon, which outranked 36.2% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,055Wilmoth9
- #3,055Winfred9
- #3,055Yvonna9
- #3,345Glendon8
- #3,345Adena8
- #3,345Adlean8
- #3,345Adlene8
- #3,658Adair7
- #3,658Adalee7
- #3,658Adolph7
Tied with 312 names at #3,345; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 15,456 of them was named Glendon, which outranked 83.4% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).