Meaning not yet researched.
Glendon: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 12 in 2025. Its best rank was #624 in 1933.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #624 in 1933; #6,934 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Glendon in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,934 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1933, at #624.
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Glendon: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 12 boys in 2025. Peak: #624 in 1933 · most boys in one year: 118 (1975).
In 2025, 12 US boys were named Glendon, making it the 6,934th most common boys’ name of the year, up 48 places from #6,982 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 12 boys named Glendon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #624, reached in 1933. The most boys given the name in a single year was 118, in 1975. For comparison, it was #4,016 in 2015 and #1,079 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Glendon in 120 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1904 with 5 babies. In all, 4,759 US babies have been given the name, 1.3% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 850 babies named Glendon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 134 US boys were named Glendon; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 19. In 2025 that was about 1 in 142,340 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Glyndon, Glendine and Glenden are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Glyndon (155), Glendine (133), Glenden (104), Glendene (94), Glendean (35).
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 Glendon in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 12 | #6,934 |
| 2024 | — | — | 12 | #6,982 |
| 2023 | — | — | 13 | #6,660 |
| 2022 | — | — | 12 | #6,965 |
| 2021 | — | — | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2020 | — | — | 9 | #8,291 |
| 2019 | — | — | 13 | #6,539 |
| 2018 | — | — | 18 | #5,168 |
| 2017 | — | — | 19 | #4,993 |
| 2016 | — | — | 12 | #6,860 |
| 2015 | — | — | 26 | #4,016 |
| 2014 | — | — | 18 | #5,124 |
| 2013 | — | — | 15 | #5,754 |
| 2012 | — | — | 23 | #4,298 |
| 2011 | — | — | 25 | #4,023 |
| 2010 | — | — | 7 | #10,025 |
| 2009 | — | — | 12 | #6,949 |
| 2008 | — | — | 15 | #5,868 |
| 2007 | — | — | 17 | #5,279 |
| 2006 | — | — | 15 | #5,615 |
| 2005 | — | — | 17 | #4,903 |
| 2004 | — | — | 22 | #4,053 |
| 2003 | — | — | 16 | #4,897 |
| 2002 | — | — | 13 | #5,514 |
| 2001 | — | — | 15 | #4,966 |
| 2000 | — | — | 21 | #3,821 |
| 1999 | — | — | 25 | #3,217 |
| 1998 | — | — | 20 | #3,629 |
| 1997 | — | — | 20 | #3,505 |
| 1996 | — | — | 21 | #3,330 |
| 1995 | — | — | 18 | #3,603 |
| 1994 | — | — | 24 | #2,979 |
| 1993 | — | — | 23 | #2,973 |
| 1992 | — | — | 22 | #3,040 |
| 1991 | — | — | 28 | #2,494 |
| 1990 | — | — | 33 | #2,188 |
| 1989 | — | — | 29 | #2,319 |
| 1988 | — | — | 22 | #2,638 |
| 1987 | — | — | 26 | #2,238 |
| 1986 | — | — | 37 | #1,704 |
| 1985 | — | — | 24 | #2,248 |
| 1984 | — | — | 28 | #1,951 |
| 1983 | — | — | 27 | #1,975 |
| 1982 | — | — | 31 | #1,829 |
| 1981 | — | — | 24 | #2,156 |
| 1980 | — | — | 29 | #1,921 |
| 1979 | — | — | 41 | #1,474 |
| 1978 | — | — | 38 | #1,515 |
| 1977 | — | — | 45 | #1,359 |
| 1976 | — | — | 59 | #1,104 |
| 1975 | — | — | 118 | #764 |
| 1974 | — | — | 37 | #1,424 |
| 1973 | — | — | 34 | #1,479 |
| 1972 | — | — | 21 | #1,990 |
| 1971 | — | — | 31 | #1,573 |
| 1970 | — | — | 30 | #1,563 |
| 1969 | — | — | 30 | #1,480 |
| 1968 | — | — | 31 | #1,409 |
| 1967 | — | — | 22 | #1,680 |
| 1966 | — | — | 27 | #1,490 |
| 1965 | — | — | 33 | #1,343 |
| 1964 | — | — | 34 | #1,358 |
| 1963 | — | — | 44 | #1,168 |
| 1962 | — | — | 39 | #1,249 |
| 1961 | — | — | 49 | #1,126 |
| 1960 | — | — | 47 | #1,141 |
| 1959 | — | — | 37 | #1,284 |
| 1958 | — | — | 37 | #1,271 |
| 1957 | — | — | 44 | #1,172 |
| 1956 | — | — | 44 | #1,148 |
| 1955 | — | — | 47 | #1,093 |
| 1954 | — | — | 60 | #958 |
| 1953 | — | — | 50 | #1,027 |
| 1952 | — | — | 53 | #987 |
| 1951 | — | — | 59 | #916 |
| 1950 | — | — | 43 | #1,079 |
| 1949 | — | — | 60 | #891 |
| 1948 | — | — | 59 | #894 |
| 1947 | — | — | 62 | #887 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,636 | 43 | #1,050 |
| 1945 | — | — | 49 | #921 |
| 1944 | — | — | 58 | #825 |
| 1943 | — | — | 66 | #809 |
| 1942 | — | — | 61 | #836 |
| 1941 | — | — | 67 | #760 |
| 1940 | — | — | 58 | #823 |
| 1939 | — | — | 50 | #874 |
| 1938 | — | — | 68 | #746 |
| 1937 | — | — | 64 | #767 |
| 1936 | — | — | 64 | #761 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,477 | 61 | #793 |
| 1934 | — | — | 73 | #719 |
| 1933 | — | — | 86 | #624 |
| 1932 | — | — | 79 | #693 |
| 1931 | — | — | 69 | #745 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,467 | 71 | #757 |
| 1929 | — | — | 66 | #798 |
| 1928 | — | — | 96 | #632 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,503 | 74 | #764 |
| 1926 | — | — | 86 | #686 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,639 | 73 | #774 |
| 1924 | — | — | 93 | #672 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,134 | 84 | #709 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,190 | 84 | #715 |
| 1921 | — | — | 77 | #764 |
| 1920 | — | — | 91 | #669 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,599 | 65 | #814 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,894 | 53 | #912 |
| 1917 | — | — | 75 | #702 |
| 1916 | — | — | 52 | #879 |
| 1915 | — | — | 34 | #1,109 |
| 1914 | — | — | 34 | #954 |
| 1913 | — | — | 20 | #1,155 |
| 1912 | — | — | 23 | #953 |
| 1911 | — | — | 10 | #1,146 |
| 1910 | — | — | 7 | #1,357 |
| 1909 | — | — | 8 | #1,115 |
| 1908 | — | — | 5 | #1,472 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,176 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,280 |
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).