Glema — girls' name
169 babies named Glema in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Glema was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Glema in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Glema
The Social Security Administration has registered 169 babies named Glema between 1920 and 1953, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Glema currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Glema performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Glema shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Glema in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Glema 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 169 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.
Glema at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Glema popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1920
- Peak year (1923)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
169 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 12 births in a single year.
Glema by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 70 births that decade — 41% of Glema's all-time total
Glema decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Glema's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Glema by state
Where Glema concentrates geographically — total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 22 | 13.0% |
22 of 169 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 13.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 13.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–1953 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.