Girls' name · peaked in 1944
Glenda name popularity since 1925
108,287 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Glenda. Half of them were born in 1952 or earlier, so the typical Glenda is about 74 years old in 2026. Glenda peaked in 1944 as the #79 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 108,287
- Named Glenda, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,987 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 107,992 girls · 295 boys
- Most popular in
- Arkansas
- 3.70× its national share
Peak year is the year Glenda made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Glenda births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1950. Measured as a share of all babies, Glenda peaked in 1944.
- Fastest rise: Between 1930 and 1935, Glenda became 6.8× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1974 and 1979, its share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 2,880 to 1 in 5,400.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Glenda's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Glenda.
Decade by decade
Babies named Glenda in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 840 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 10,590 | 40 | #169 |
| 1940s | 33,348 | 117 | #92 |
| 1950s | 35,228 | 86 | #128 |
| 1960s | 17,592 | 52 | #217 |
| 1970s | 5,324 | 0 | #443 |
| 1980s | 2,448 | 0 | #785 |
| 1990s | 1,374 | 0 | #1,256 |
| 2000s | 787 | 0 | #2,095 |
| 2010s | 325 | 0 | #5,029 |
| 2020–25 | 136 | 0 | #5,987 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
57.8% of babies named Glenda from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Glenda is most popular
The index compares Glenda's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Glenda.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 3.70× | 4,029 |
| Alabama | 3.37× | 6,313 |
| Oklahoma | 3.12× | 4,316 |
| Mississippi | 2.85× | 3,663 |
| Tennessee | 2.62× | 5,860 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Glenda's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Glenda.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Glenda (1944).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data