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.

#25,380 of 45,481
all-time among boys
32
born since 1921
1960s
peak 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.

  • #25,380 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 32 born since 1921
  • 1960s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Glean ranks #25,380 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 1921, peaking in the 1960s.

#25,380 of 45,481
all-time among boys
32
born since 1921
1960s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Glean's 32 recorded births place it above 43.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

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 popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1965

Last recorded 1965
Peak year (1950)
6
Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
4.555.566.5 192119321946195019601965 5

Glean by decade

1960s is the heaviest window (11 births, 34% of the file).

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

births

What this shows Peak: 1960s at 11 births (34% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

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 archive ordinal is #25,380 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1965. 6 babies were born in 1950, its single highest year.
Where does Glean sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Glean ranks #25,380 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
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

Nearby Names Like Glean

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Glean

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Glennon Boy
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Glean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1921–1965 (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 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 August 2026.