Glynis

Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504 · Last seen for boys in 1963 at #4,048
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1963 · 278 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,014
since 1939

Glynis over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Glynis has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #596, 1963girls
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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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2008#17,5045
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2004#16,0995
2003
2002#13,5956
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2000#15,0315
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1997#13,7245
1996#10,5677
1995#7,04112
1994
1993#8,7199
1992#8,06510
1991#8,5889
1990#7,30311
1989#6,53112
1988#9,2447
1987#11,3255
1986#6,15611
1985#6,9559
1984
1983#6,7059
1982#6,37110
1981#7,4098
1980#7,4188
1979#8,0617
1978#8,5626
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1976#4,61413
1975#5,51610
1974#4,45913
1973#3,63517
1972#4,09114
1971#2,59928
1970#1,90445
1969#2,05837
1968#1,62550
1967#1,33667
1966#1,031101
1965#803152
1964#672230
1963#596278#4,0485
1962#992117
1961#1,40663#4,0655
1960#1,88736
1959#1,45055
1958#2,02530
1957#1,37659
1956#977107
1955#1,36154
1954#1,20669
1953#1,31255
1952#1,57837
1951#2,69415
1950#3,42310
1949#2,99912
1948#2,41617
1947#3,44810
1946#4,4176
1945
1944#3,6877
1943
1942#2,41614
1941#4,4205
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1939#4,2505
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First appearance
1939

The first year at least five girls were named Glynis! It came in at #4,250, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1939–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Glynis
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
  • Biggest jump: 414 spots in 1962 (#1,406#992)
  • Biggest drop: 399 spots in 1957 (#977#1,376)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1939
  • Peaked 1963 at #596 (278 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1962–1965
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,933
  • Highest: 1 in 6,933 girls born in 1963 were named Glynis (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 378,188 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 56.2% of all girls named Glynis (1,131) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s5#4,250 (1939)#4,250
1940s71#2,416 (1948)#3,400
1950s491#977 (1956)#1,740
1960s1,131#596 (1963)#1,241
1970s153#1,904 (1970)#4,827
1980s79#6,156 (1986)#7,568
1990s63#7,041 (1995)#9,144
2000s21#13,595 (2002)#15,557

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.

Glynis in 1966

girls
#1,031
101 births · 1 in 16,754 girls

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. #1,031Glynis101
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 16,754 of them was named Glynis, which outranked 86.5% 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 Glynis
  1. #1,022Penni102
  2. #1,022Rhea102
  3. #1,022Rosario102
  4. #1,031Glynis101
  5. #1,031Antonette101
  6. #1,031Carin101
  7. #1,031Jerry101
  8. #1,042Brandy100
  9. #1,042Gretta100
  10. #1,042Jena100

Tied with 10 names at #1,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

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.

See the top 100 for 1966