Glee — girls' name

What the Data Says About Glee

The Social Security Administration has registered 781 babies named Glee between 1893 and 1971, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Glee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Glee performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Glee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Glee in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Glee 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 781 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.