Meaning not yet researched.
Glenn: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 124 in 2025. Its best rank was #55 in 1962.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #55 in 1962; #1,443 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Glenn in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,443 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1962, at #55.
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Glenn: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 124 boys in 2025. Peak: #55 in 1962 · most boys in one year: 7,356 (1962).
In 2025, 124 US boys were named Glenn, making it the 1,443rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 83 places from #1,360 in 2024. That is 15 fewer than the 139 boys named Glenn in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #55, reached in 1962. That year also had the most boys given the name: 7,356. For comparison, it was #1,142 in 2015 and #59 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Glenn in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 48 babies with the name. In all, 250,778 US babies have been given the name, 0.9% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 58,996 babies named Glenn.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,342 US boys were named Glenn; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 173. In 2025 that was about 1 in 13,775 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Glenn ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #647 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Glen (127,054 babies since 1880) and Glynn (5,360 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Glyn, Gleen and Glean are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Glen.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Glyn (1,475), Gleen (667), Glean (32), Glin (17), Glynne (7), Glenne (5).
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 43 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 7 | #647 | — |
| Alabama | 5 | #801 | — |
| Washington | 7 | #837 | — |
| Missouri | 5 | #909 | — |
| North Carolina | 8 | #963 | #929 |
| Florida | 9 | #1,290 | — |
| California | 8 | #1,895 | #1,341 |
| Texas | 7 | #2,162 | #1,313 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 124 | #1,443 |
| 2024 | — | — | 139 | #1,360 |
| 2023 | — | — | 110 | #1,584 |
| 2022 | — | — | 127 | #1,434 |
| 2021 | — | — | 125 | #1,445 |
| 2020 | — | — | 124 | #1,401 |
| 2019 | — | — | 127 | #1,396 |
| 2018 | — | — | 150 | #1,236 |
| 2017 | — | — | 143 | #1,274 |
| 2016 | — | — | 173 | #1,125 |
| 2015 | — | — | 165 | #1,142 |
| 2014 | — | — | 161 | #1,168 |
| 2013 | — | — | 163 | #1,115 |
| 2012 | — | — | 181 | #1,054 |
| 2011 | — | — | 163 | #1,121 |
| 2010 | — | — | 189 | #1,026 |
| 2009 | — | — | 175 | #1,066 |
| 2008 | — | — | 246 | #865 |
| 2007 | — | — | 260 | #826 |
| 2006 | — | — | 237 | #850 |
| 2005 | — | — | 261 | #761 |
| 2004 | — | — | 297 | #680 |
| 2003 | — | — | 296 | #670 |
| 2002 | — | — | 321 | #616 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,199 | 302 | #628 |
| 2000 | — | — | 335 | #591 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,888 | 397 | #527 |
| 1998 | — | — | 440 | #495 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,960 | 461 | #470 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,294 | 483 | #455 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,023 | 529 | #431 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,081 | 554 | #411 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,500 | 653 | #361 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,700 | 696 | #343 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,110 | 843 | #305 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,242 | 852 | #297 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,930 | 912 | #271 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,802 | 926 | #254 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,971 | 988 | #237 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,267 | 982 | #236 |
| 1985 | 20 | #4,026 | 1,004 | #229 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,974 | 1,023 | #221 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,943 | 1,016 | #222 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,708 | 1,088 | #218 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,635 | 1,107 | #221 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,047 | 1,143 | #215 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,355 | 1,118 | #213 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,907 | 1,120 | #200 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,628 | 1,245 | #188 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,492 | 1,317 | #176 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,425 | 1,383 | #170 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,471 | 1,542 | #158 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,658 | 1,702 | #146 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,956 | 1,979 | #134 |
| 1971 | 15 | #4,007 | 2,474 | #127 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,970 | 3,008 | #109 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,046 | 3,467 | #88 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,676 | 3,246 | #92 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,248 | 3,440 | #91 |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,422 | 3,668 | #90 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,464 | 4,355 | #85 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,701 | 4,752 | #81 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,568 | 5,977 | #64 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,043 | 7,356 | #55 |
| 1961 | 33 | #2,049 | 6,271 | #64 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,598 | 5,563 | #74 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,769 | 5,352 | #80 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,182 | 5,462 | #76 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,881 | 6,267 | #62 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,745 | 6,196 | #61 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,577 | 6,258 | #59 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,474 | 6,240 | #63 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,895 | 5,726 | #67 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,287 | 5,945 | #61 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,984 | 5,803 | #58 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,692 | 5,465 | #59 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,935 | 5,415 | #61 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,584 | 4,740 | #73 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,962 | 5,157 | #70 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,825 | 3,892 | #81 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,379 | 2,734 | #93 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,136 | 2,849 | #88 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,449 | 3,054 | #85 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,725 | 2,888 | #88 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,667 | 2,523 | #86 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,143 | 2,465 | #83 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,235 | 2,303 | #87 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,156 | 2,367 | #83 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,469 | 2,263 | #88 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,824 | 2,328 | #80 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,693 | 2,437 | #78 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,456 | 2,341 | #81 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,525 | 2,366 | #74 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,907 | 2,435 | #77 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,244 | 2,624 | #72 |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,171 | 2,758 | #71 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,202 | 2,433 | #80 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,519 | 2,603 | #76 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,312 | 2,670 | #76 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,598 | 2,635 | #75 |
| 1925 | 48 | #1,110 | 2,611 | #77 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,513 | 2,586 | #79 |
| 1923 | 38 | #1,274 | 2,370 | #84 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,051 | 2,425 | #79 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,449 | 2,449 | #80 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,636 | 2,375 | #80 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,880 | 2,153 | #84 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,512 | 2,253 | #84 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,447 | 1,997 | #86 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,236 | 1,970 | #84 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,351 | 1,842 | #87 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,405 | 1,327 | #91 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,287 | 1,122 | #85 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,766 | 948 | #84 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,406 | 343 | #111 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,835 | 349 | #97 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,406 | 261 | #103 |
| 1908 | 17 | #980 | 247 | #103 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,713 | 234 | #104 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,068 | 217 | #98 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,031 | 189 | #114 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,406 | 217 | #99 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,911 | 198 | #97 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,367 | 185 | #106 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,096 | 180 | #94 |
| 1900 | 20 | #841 | 194 | #118 |
| 1899 | 12 | #947 | 161 | #107 |
| 1898 | 12 | #1,026 | 178 | #108 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,063 | 171 | #104 |
| 1896 | 13 | #921 | 174 | #107 |
| 1895 | 23 | #647 | 150 | #113 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,408 | 142 | #114 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,223 | 131 | #122 |
| 1892 | 11 | #930 | 139 | #121 |
| 1891 | 12 | #814 | 138 | #108 |
| 1890 | 11 | #846 | 117 | #123 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,067 | 103 | #140 |
| 1888 | 8 | #986 | 110 | #140 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,207 | 86 | #148 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,023 | 99 | #136 |
| 1885 | 9 | #765 | 68 | #194 |
| 1884 | 6 | #964 | 61 | #213 |
| 1883 | 5 | #970 | 65 | #182 |
| 1882 | — | — | 51 | #233 |
| 1881 | 5 | #871 | 45 | #224 |
| 1880 | 5 | #868 | 43 | #254 |
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).