Meaning not yet researched.
Glen: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 74 in 2025. Its best rank was #112 in 1931.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #112 in 1931; #2,026 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Glen in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,026 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1931, at #112.
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Glen: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 74 boys in 2025. Peak: #112 in 1931 · most boys in one year: 2,924 (1957).
In 2025, 74 US boys were named Glen, making it the 2,026th most common boys’ name of the year, up 267 places from #2,293 in 2024. That is 12 more than the 62 boys named Glen in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #112, reached in 1931. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,924, in 1957. For comparison, it was #1,672 in 2015 and #125 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Glen in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 24 babies with the name. In all, 127,054 US babies have been given the name, 1.1% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 25,603 babies named Glen.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 740 US boys were named Glen; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 99. In 2025 that was about 1 in 23,082 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Glen ranked highest in Indiana in 2025, at #995 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Glenn (250,778 babies since 1880), Glenda (109,522 babies since 1880) and Glynn (5,360 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Glen in the open dataset we use.
Glen is listed as a nickname for Glenn.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 5 | #995 | — |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,155 | — |
| Texas | 7 | #2,161 | #1,682 |
| California | 6 | #2,293 | #1,400 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 74 | #2,026 |
| 2024 | — | — | 62 | #2,293 |
| 2023 | — | — | 57 | #2,400 |
| 2022 | — | — | 72 | #2,088 |
| 2021 | — | — | 86 | #1,817 |
| 2020 | — | — | 54 | #2,424 |
| 2019 | — | — | 74 | #1,984 |
| 2018 | — | — | 78 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | — | — | 99 | #1,613 |
| 2016 | — | — | 84 | #1,803 |
| 2015 | — | — | 94 | #1,672 |
| 2014 | — | — | 105 | #1,527 |
| 2013 | — | — | 102 | #1,552 |
| 2012 | — | — | 97 | #1,606 |
| 2011 | — | — | 118 | #1,407 |
| 2010 | — | — | 94 | #1,659 |
| 2009 | — | — | 119 | #1,416 |
| 2008 | — | — | 114 | #1,448 |
| 2007 | — | — | 131 | #1,313 |
| 2006 | — | — | 126 | #1,310 |
| 2005 | — | — | 129 | #1,228 |
| 2004 | — | — | 147 | #1,083 |
| 2003 | — | — | 166 | #970 |
| 2002 | — | — | 182 | #891 |
| 2001 | — | — | 194 | #838 |
| 2000 | — | — | 217 | #765 |
| 1999 | — | — | 204 | #778 |
| 1998 | — | — | 218 | #741 |
| 1997 | — | — | 237 | #682 |
| 1996 | — | — | 259 | #647 |
| 1995 | — | — | 301 | #591 |
| 1994 | — | — | 321 | #574 |
| 1993 | — | — | 337 | #553 |
| 1992 | — | — | 370 | #526 |
| 1991 | — | — | 416 | #484 |
| 1990 | — | — | 450 | #464 |
| 1989 | — | — | 480 | #428 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,453 | 507 | #390 |
| 1987 | — | — | 505 | #381 |
| 1986 | — | — | 463 | #393 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,646 | 510 | #360 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,973 | 550 | #340 |
| 1983 | — | — | 527 | #344 |
| 1982 | — | — | 581 | #330 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,480 | 609 | #312 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,911 | 599 | #319 |
| 1979 | — | — | 586 | #321 |
| 1978 | — | — | 653 | #291 |
| 1977 | — | — | 667 | #293 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,789 | 751 | #261 |
| 1975 | — | — | 808 | #250 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,439 | 818 | #244 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,752 | 867 | #242 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,589 | 1,153 | #202 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,908 | 1,534 | #174 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,114 | 1,997 | #155 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,842 | 2,241 | #136 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,675 | 1,667 | #162 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,738 | 1,710 | #157 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,041 | 1,750 | #161 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,621 | 2,068 | #149 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,165 | 2,124 | #154 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,872 | 2,357 | #143 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,625 | 2,831 | #129 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,238 | 2,686 | #135 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,350 | 2,443 | #143 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,623 | 2,693 | #134 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,409 | 2,798 | #131 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,373 | 2,924 | #129 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,563 | 2,720 | #125 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,180 | 2,490 | #131 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,329 | 2,496 | #131 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,862 | 2,389 | #129 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,152 | 2,492 | #121 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,209 | 2,220 | #127 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,591 | 2,173 | #125 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,168 | 2,203 | #127 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,091 | 2,047 | #133 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,542 | 2,070 | #138 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,048 | 1,677 | #143 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,953 | 1,395 | #148 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,548 | 1,451 | #147 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,920 | 1,445 | #146 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,341 | 1,421 | #144 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,302 | 1,410 | #139 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,607 | 1,434 | #130 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,827 | 1,428 | #123 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,772 | 1,464 | #121 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,596 | 1,357 | #122 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,762 | 1,441 | #119 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,525 | 1,396 | #124 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,949 | 1,442 | #120 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,491 | 1,335 | #124 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,906 | 1,465 | #118 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,406 | 1,563 | #112 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,415 | 1,595 | #114 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,430 | 1,427 | #123 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,406 | 1,595 | #115 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,343 | 1,617 | #115 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,314 | 1,519 | #121 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,662 | 1,537 | #117 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,353 | 1,518 | #118 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,610 | 1,450 | #121 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,591 | 1,384 | #123 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,890 | 1,506 | #119 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,774 | 1,412 | #122 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,771 | 1,389 | #116 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,424 | 1,318 | #125 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,676 | 1,235 | #122 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,554 | 1,156 | #122 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,701 | 1,112 | #123 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,057 | 853 | #123 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,224 | 606 | #129 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,655 | 460 | #139 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,628 | 231 | #145 |
| 1910 | — | — | 184 | #165 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,658 | 178 | #145 |
| 1908 | — | — | 158 | #150 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,189 | 150 | #151 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,182 | 120 | #165 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,784 | 128 | #158 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,553 | 120 | #159 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,495 | 121 | #152 |
| 1902 | — | — | 123 | #149 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,782 | 105 | #151 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,818 | 134 | #155 |
| 1899 | — | — | 101 | #150 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,425 | 111 | #154 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,445 | 88 | #176 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,346 | 113 | #146 |
| 1895 | — | — | 102 | #151 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,407 | 108 | #143 |
| 1893 | — | — | 77 | #190 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,345 | 106 | #152 |
| 1891 | — | — | 85 | #157 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,265 | 68 | #195 |
| 1889 | — | — | 58 | #219 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,361 | 77 | #196 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,206 | 52 | #218 |
| 1886 | — | — | 49 | #245 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,108 | 45 | #246 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,082 | 47 | #252 |
| 1883 | — | — | 27 | #320 |
| 1882 | — | — | 27 | #336 |
| 1881 | — | — | 31 | #286 |
| 1880 | — | — | 24 | #350 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).