Girls' name · peaked in 1931
Glenna name popularity since 1925
21,246 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Glenna. Half of them were born in 1946 or earlier, so the typical Glenna is about 80 years old in 2026. Glenna peaked in 1931 as the #256 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 21,246
- Named Glenna, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1931
- #256 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #12,349 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 21,241 girls · 5 boys
- Most popular in
- West Virginia
- 10.20× its national share
Peak year is the year Glenna 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.
Glenna births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1951. Measured as a share of all babies, Glenna peaked in 1931.
- Steepest fall: Between 1952 and 1957, Glenna's share of baby girls fell by 50%, from 1 in 3,180 to 1 in 6,310.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Glenna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Glenna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Glenna 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 | 2,302 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 4,976 | 0 | #278 |
| 1940s | 5,177 | 5 | #318 |
| 1950s | 4,684 | 0 | #411 |
| 1960s | 2,049 | 0 | #775 |
| 1970s | 945 | 0 | #1,164 |
| 1980s | 490 | 0 | #2,208 |
| 1990s | 345 | 0 | #3,522 |
| 2000s | 134 | 0 | #12,220 |
| 2010s | 98 | 0 | #12,230 |
| 2020–25 | 41 | 0 | #12,349 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
41.7% of babies named Glenna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Glenna is most popular
The index compares Glenna'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 Glenna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 10.20× | 1,613 |
| Kentucky | 5.49× | 1,654 |
| Oklahoma | 3.95× | 926 |
| Arkansas | 2.54× | 470 |
| Kansas | 2.52× | 463 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Glenna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Glenna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Glenna (1931).
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