Glena — girls' name

What the Data Says About Glena

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,078 babies named Glena between 1898 and 1992, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Glena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Glena performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 209 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Glena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Glena in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Glena 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 1,078 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.