Girls' name · since 1948
Glanda
Since 1948, U.S. Social Security records show 67 babies named Glanda, peaking in 1957. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 67
- born since 1948
- 1960s
- peak decade
Glanda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 67 have been recorded since 1948.
Glanda has 67 recorded births among girls since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 1967.
- #31,609 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 67 born since 1948
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Glanda ranks #31,609 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 67 born since 1948, peaking in the 1960s.
- #31,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 67
- born since 1948
- 1960s
- peak decade
Glanda's 67 recorded births place it above 56.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Glanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Glanda's SSA record in two at 1960 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1948, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1957 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Glanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1967
- Peak year (1957)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Glanda by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (36 births, 54% of the file).
1960s was Glanda's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Glanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
26 births
- 1960s
1960s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 36 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Glanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1948–1967 (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 Glanda 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.