Unisex name · since 2021
Glacier
Glacier has 11 recorded births since 2021 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #53,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,806 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Glacier currently ranks #16806 among unisex names in America, with 11 babies recorded since 2021.
Social Security Administration records show Glacier recorded 11 times among girls since 2021, holding rank #16806 nationally today, ahead of 3% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.
- #53,120 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,806 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 11 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Glacier ranks #53,120 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,806 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 11 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #53,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,806 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Glacier's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Glacier compares
11 4th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Glacier's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Glacier | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Glacier's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Glacier's full recorded timeline at 2025, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Glacier popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Glacier popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 2020 (Glacier as boys' name)
Glacier by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Glacier's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Glacier births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Glacier: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~4 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2021–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Glacier draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.