Total births
32
Boys' name · since 1921
Glean
32 babies named Glean in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 32
- total births
- 1921–1965
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
Glean is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 32 have been recorded since 1921.
Glean has 32 recorded births among boys since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1921 to 1965.
- 32 total births
- 1921–1965 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 34% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
32 boys have been named Glean since 1921, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1965.
- 32
- total births
- 1921–1965
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
1960s
Peak decade
34% of everyone ever named Glean was born in this single decade.
1950
Single peak year
6 babies were named Glean in 1950 - its busiest year on record.
Glean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Glean's full recorded timeline at 1950, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1921, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1950 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Glean at a glance
Last recorded 1965Peak year
1950
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1921
Glean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1965
- Peak year (1950)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Glean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Glean's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Glean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 11 births (34% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Glean? ▼
Glean has been given to 32 babies in the U.S. since 1921, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1965. 6 babies were born in 1950, its single highest year.
When was Glean most popular? ▼
Glean was most popular in the 1960s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1950.
How long has the name Glean been used? ▼
Glean has been recorded in Social Security data since 1921, spanning 45 years of data through 1965.
What names are similar to Glean? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Glenn, Glen, Glendon, Glenwood, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Glean
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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Glean
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Glennon Boy
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1921–1965 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Glean: Baby Name Since 1921 - 32 Births, Peak 1950." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/glean. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Glean 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 July 2026.