Glen
Glen was given to 74 boys in 2025, #2,026 among boys’ names; 127,054 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 63,700 Americans named Glen and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (50% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 54 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Glen by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Glen mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Glen is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
/ɡlɛn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Glen?
#2,026 among boys’ names, 2025
Glen fell from #1,672 in 2015 to #2,026 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 49.0 to 43.3 per million.
2,947 babies in 1957, the peak
Glen peaked in 1957, when 2,947 babies were given it (2,924 boys, #129 among boys’ names). The 74 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #2,026 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,293 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,399 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,087 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 86 | #1,817 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,423 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 74 | #1,983 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 78 | #1,903 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 99 | #1,613 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 84 | #1,803 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 94 | #1,672 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 105 | #1,527 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,552 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 97 | #1,605 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 118 | #1,407 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 94 | #1,659 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 119 | #1,416 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,448 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 131 | #1,313 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 126 | #1,310 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 129 | #1,227 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 147 | #1,082 | 0.07 |
| 2003 | 166 | #969 | 0.08 |
| 2002 | 182 | #890 | 0.09 |
| 2001 | 194 | #837 | 0.10 |
| 2000 | 217 | #764 | 0.11 |
| 1999 | 204 | #776 | 0.11 |
| 1998 | 218 | #740 | 0.11 |
| 1997 | 237 | #681 | 0.13 |
| 1996 | 259 | #646 | 0.14 |
| 1995 | 301 | #590 | 0.16 |
| 1994 | 321 | #573 | 0.17 |
| 1993 | 337 | #553 | 0.17 |
| 1992 | 370 | #526 | 0.19 |
| 1991 | 416 | #484 | 0.21 |
| 1990 | 450 | #463 | 0.22 |
| 1989 | 480 | #428 | 0.24 |
| 1988 | 507 | #390 | 0.26 |
| 1987 | 505 | #381 | 0.27 |
| 1986 | 463 | #393 | 0.25 |
| 1985 | 510 | #360 | 0.28 |
| 1984 | 550 | #340 | 0.30 |
| 1983 | 527 | #344 | 0.29 |
| 1982 | 581 | #330 | 0.32 |
| 1981 | 609 | #312 | 0.34 |
| 1980 | 599 | #319 | 0.34 |
| 1979 | 586 | #321 | 0.34 |
| 1978 | 653 | #291 | 0.40 |
| 1977 | 667 | #293 | 0.41 |
| 1976 | 751 | #261 | 0.48 |
| 1975 | 808 | #250 | 0.52 |
| 1974 | 818 | #244 | 0.52 |
| 1973 | 867 | #242 | 0.56 |
| 1972 | 1,153 | #202 | 0.71 |
| 1971 | 1,534 | #174 | 0.87 |
| 1970 | 1,997 | #155 | 1.1 |
| 1969 | 2,241 | #136 | 1.3 |
| 1968 | 1,667 | #162 | 1.0 |
| 1967 | 1,710 | #157 | 1.0 |
| 1966 | 1,750 | #161 | 1.0 |
| 1965 | 2,068 | #149 | 1.1 |
| 1964 | 2,124 | #154 | 1.1 |
| 1963 | 2,357 | #143 | 1.2 |
| 1962 | 2,831 | #129 | 1.4 |
| 1961 | 2,686 | #135 | 1.3 |
| 1960 | 2,443 | #143 | 1.1 |
| 1959 | 2,693 | #134 | 1.3 |
| 1958 | 2,798 | #131 | 1.3 |
| 1957 | 2,924 | #129 | 1.4 |
| 1956 | 2,720 | #125 | 1.3 |
| 1955 | 2,490 | #131 | 1.2 |
| 1954 | 2,496 | #131 | 1.2 |
| 1953 | 2,389 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1952 | 2,492 | #121 | 1.3 |
| 1951 | 2,220 | #127 | 1.2 |
| 1950 | 2,173 | #125 | 1.2 |
| 1949 | 2,203 | #127 | 1.2 |
| 1948 | 2,047 | #133 | 1.2 |
| 1947 | 2,070 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1946 | 1,677 | #143 | 1.0 |
| 1945 | 1,395 | #148 | 1.0 |
| 1944 | 1,451 | #147 | 1.1 |
| 1943 | 1,445 | #146 | 1.0 |
| 1942 | 1,421 | #144 | 1.0 |
| 1941 | 1,410 | #139 | 1.1 |
| 1940 | 1,434 | #130 | 1.2 |
| 1939 | 1,428 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1938 | 1,464 | #121 | 1.3 |
| 1937 | 1,357 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1936 | 1,441 | #119 | 1.4 |
| 1935 | 1,396 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1934 | 1,442 | #120 | 1.4 |
| 1933 | 1,335 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1932 | 1,465 | #118 | 1.4 |
| 1931 | 1,563 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1930 | 1,595 | #114 | 1.5 |
| 1929 | 1,427 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1928 | 1,595 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1927 | 1,617 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1926 | 1,519 | #121 | 1.4 |
| 1925 | 1,537 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1924 | 1,518 | #118 | 1.3 |
| 1923 | 1,450 | #121 | 1.3 |
| 1922 | 1,384 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1921 | 1,506 | #119 | 1.4 |
| 1920 | 1,412 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1919 | 1,389 | #116 | 1.4 |
| 1918 | 1,318 | #125 | 1.3 |
| 1917 | 1,235 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1916 | 1,156 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1915 | 1,112 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1914 | 853 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1913 | 606 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1912 | 460 | #139 | 1.1 |
| 1911 | 231 | #145 | 1.0 |
| 1910 | 184 | #165 | 0.95 |
| 1909 | 178 | #145 | 1.1 |
| 1908 | 158 | #150 | 1.0 |
| 1907 | 150 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1906 | 120 | #165 | 0.90 |
| 1905 | 128 | #158 | 1.0 |
| 1904 | 120 | #159 | 0.94 |
| 1903 | 121 | #152 | 1.0 |
| 1902 | 123 | #149 | 1.0 |
| 1901 | 105 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1900 | 134 | #155 | 0.89 |
| 1899 | 101 | #150 | 1.0 |
| 1898 | 111 | #154 | 0.90 |
| 1897 | 88 | #176 | 0.78 |
| 1896 | 113 | #146 | 0.95 |
| 1895 | 102 | #151 | 0.87 |
| 1894 | 108 | #143 | 0.93 |
| 1893 | 77 | #190 | 0.69 |
| 1892 | 106 | #152 | 0.87 |
| 1891 | 85 | #157 | 0.84 |
| 1890 | 68 | #195 | 0.61 |
| 1889 | 58 | #219 | 0.52 |
| 1888 | 77 | #196 | 0.64 |
| 1887 | 52 | #218 | 0.51 |
| 1886 | 49 | #245 | 0.44 |
| 1885 | 45 | #246 | 0.42 |
| 1884 | 47 | #252 | 0.41 |
| 1883 | 27 | #320 | 0.26 |
| 1882 | 27 | #336 | 0.24 |
| 1881 | 31 | #286 | 0.31 |
| 1880 | 24 | #350 | 0.22 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Glen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 127,054 Americans recorded as Glen, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 74 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Glen: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Glen, and how old are they?
63,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 50% of the 127,054 Americans ever recorded as Glen. The median Glen alive today is 64 years old; half are between 54 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 72,858 people named Glen (446 women and girls, 72,412 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 72,659 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 5,060 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 30,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 17,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 6,830 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,450 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,030 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Glen born?
The states with the most babies named Glen are California, Texas and Illinois, with 19% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 8,985 | #2,293 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 6,990 | #2,161 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 6,896 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 5,527 | #1,155 | 0.8× |
| New York | 5,471 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 5,222 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Missouri | 4,644 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Indiana | 4,096 | #995 | 1.2× |
| Oklahoma | 3,923 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 3,820 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Glen is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Glen is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Glen with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 378,499 babies since 1880, Glen is the second most given (34% of them). In 2025 it was given to 74 of their 198 babies (37%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Glen
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Glen and names like it
- Compare Glen and GlennBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sGlen peaked in 1957.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Glen since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Glen: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1957The year the most babies were named Glen.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Glen alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.