Glynda

Last seen for girls in 1985 at #8,318

Peak · girls
1944 · 107 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,425
since 1925

Glynda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Glynda has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #732, 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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1985#8,3187
1984#9,1446
1983#9,0156
1982#6,8889
1981#6,32310
1980#8,1787
1979#4,84214
1978#5,95810
1977#4,42515
1976#5,21511
1975#3,95016
1974#4,45913
1973#3,97115
1972#5,10910
1971#3,78916
1970#3,43518
1969#2,29631
1968#2,43126
1967#2,03933
1966#2,19129
1965#1,91436
1964#1,73145
1963#1,56552
1962#1,78241
1961#1,87238
1960#1,46756
1959#1,55249
1958#1,37959
1957#1,34462
1956#1,39856
1955#1,27363
1954#1,31757
1953#1,17867
1952#1,10772
1951#98290
1950#92792
1949#868102
1948#816113
1947#787121
1946#93180
1945#78491
1944#732107
1943#78897
1942#80490
1941#83076
1940#92860
1939#86865
1938#1,15939
1937#1,30331
1936#1,54923
1935#1,84518
1934#1,60322
1933#2,8689
1932#3,5687
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1930#3,3458
1929#3,6827
1928#4,7255
1927#3,05310
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1925#4,0287
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First appearance
1925

The first year at least five girls were named Glynda! It came in at #4,028, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1926, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Glynda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1985
  • Biggest jump: 291 spots in 1939 (#1,159#868)
  • Biggest drop: 147 spots in 1946 (#784#931)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1925
  • Peaked 1944 at #732 (107 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1939–1951
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,404
  • Highest: 1 in 12,404 girls born in 1944 were named Glynda (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 245,833 girls born in 1985 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 38.6% of all girls named Glynda (937) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s29#3,053 (1927)#3,872
1930s222#868 (1939)#2,012
1940s937#732 (1944)#827
1950s667#927 (1950)#1,246
1960s387#1,467 (1960)#1,929
1970s138#3,435 (1970)#4,515
1980s45#6,323 (1981)#7,978

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.

Glynda in 1957

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#1,344
62 births · 1 in 32,981 girls

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #1,344Glynda62
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 32,981 of them was named Glynda, which outranked 80.8% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Glynda
  1. #1,332Tari63
  2. #1,332Tonja63
  3. #1,332Vita63
  4. #1,344Glynda62
  5. #1,344Dawne62
  6. #1,344Emilia62
  7. #1,344Karie62
  8. #1,358Arnetta61
  9. #1,358Dennis61
  10. #1,358Easter61

Tied with 13 names at #1,344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1957