Boys' name · peaked in 1962
Glenn name popularity since 1925
219,275 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Glenn (0.7% girls, 99.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1956 or earlier, so the typical Glenn is about 70 years old in 2026. Glenn peaked in 1962 as the #55 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 219,275
- Named Glenn, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,443 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% boys
- 1,496 girls · 217,779 boys
- Most popular in
- Hawaii
- 3.44× its national share
Peak year is the year Glenn made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Glenn births per year, 1925–2025
1962 was the biggest year for Glenn both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1945 and 1950, Glenn became 1.5× more common, from 1 in 492 baby boys to 1 in 328.
- Steepest fall: Between 1969 and 1974, its share of baby boys fell by 49%, from 1 in 516 to 1 in 1,020.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Glenn's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Glenn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Glenn in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 179 | 12,952 | – |
| 1930s | 217 | 24,222 | #78 |
| 1940s | 236 | 35,717 | #93 |
| 1950s | 282 | 58,714 | #59 |
| 1960s | 222 | 48,095 | #85 |
| 1970s | 132 | 16,888 | #170 |
| 1980s | 116 | 10,189 | #229 |
| 1990s | 107 | 5,908 | #431 |
| 2000s | 5 | 2,730 | #761 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,615 | #1,142 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 749 | #1,443 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.4% of babies named Glenn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Glenn is most popular
The index compares Glenn'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 Glenn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 3.44× | 2,335 |
| North Dakota | 1.59× | 1,091 |
| New Jersey | 1.59× | 9,529 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.58× | 17,450 |
| Louisiana | 1.52× | 5,941 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Glenn and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Glenn (this page) | 217,779 | 1962 |
| Glen | 107,159 | 1931 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Glenn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Glenn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Glenn (1962).
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