Glennis
Last seen for girls in 1997 at #12,070 · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls 74.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 60 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,056since 1912
Glennis over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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
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| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #1,708 | 46 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #2,004 | 34 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #2,152 | 28 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,103 | 27 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #1,597 | 41 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #1,623 | 39 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #1,531 | 41 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #1,528 | 38 | #1,553 | 23 |
| 1950 | #1,433 | 41 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #1,236 | 54 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 | #1,460 | 25 |
| 1947 | #1,141 | 62 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #1,419 | 38 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,255 | 40 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,305 | 39 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #1,195 | 44 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #1,335 | 33 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #1,114 | 42 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #903 | 60 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #992 | 51 | #1,476 | 21 |
| 1937 | #1,144 | 39 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #921 | 55 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,084 | 41 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #1,311 | 30 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,375 | 29 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #1,181 | 40 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #1,159 | 41 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #1,136 | 45 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #1,619 | 26 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #1,303 | 36 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #1,466 | 31 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #1,227 | 42 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #1,305 | 36 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #1,232 | 40 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #1,437 | 32 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #1,550 | 28 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #1,369 | 32 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #1,377 | 29 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Glennis! It came in at #1,620, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1981, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Glennis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
- Biggest jump: 163 spots in 1936 (#1,084 → #921)
- Biggest drop: 223 spots in 1937 (#921 → #1,144)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1939 at #903 (60 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1938–1939
- Highest: 1 in 18,277 girls born in 1939 were named Glennis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 290,118 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
- 20.2% of all girls named Glennis (416) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1981, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 154 | #1,369 (1919) | #1,751 |
| 1920s | 357 | #1,136 (1928) | #1,343 |
| 1930s | 402 | #903 (1939) | #1,167 |
| 1940s | 416 | #1,114 (1940) | #1,309 |
| 1950s | 316 | #1,433 (1950) | #1,970 |
| 1960s | 228 | #1,708 (1964) | #2,774 |
| 1970s | 98 | #3,872 (1970) | #5,873 |
| 1980s | 67 | #6,810 (1984) | #8,574 |
| 1990s | 18 | #10,271 (1991) | #11,928 |
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.
Glennis in 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
Top boys' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 25,575 of them was named Glennis, which outranked 77.8% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,073Malinda42
- #1,073Noel42
- #1,073Octavia42
- #1,084Glennis41
- #1,084Amalia41
- #1,084Annmarie41
- #1,084Enedina41
- #1,101Anastasia40
- #1,101Christeen40
- #1,101Coral40
Tied with 16 names at #1,084; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 80,104 of them was named Glennis, which outranked 51.1% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,929Wilferd14
- #1,929Wray14
- #1,929Xavier14
- #2,029Glennis13
- #2,029Aden13
- #2,029Agapito13
- #2,029Aldon13
- #2,127Adron12
- #2,127Alf12
- #2,127Amon12
Tied with 97 names at #2,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.