Glade — boys' name

What the Data Says About Glade

The Social Security Administration has registered 829 babies named Glade between 1913 and 2020, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Glade currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Glade performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Glade shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 300 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Glade in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Glade in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 829 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.