Boys' name · since 1915
Glenard
202 babies named Glenard in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,881 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 202
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
202 boys have been named Glenard since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Glenard has been recorded 202 times among boys since 1915, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1981.
- #12,881 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 202 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Glenard ranks #12,881 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 202 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #12,881 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 202
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Glenard's 202 recorded births place it above 71.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Glenard's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Glenard's full recorded timeline at 1935, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1927, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1929 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Glenard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1981
- Peak year (1929)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Glenard by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (58 births, 29% of the file).
1920s was Glenard's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Glenard births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
31 births
- 1920s
1920s
58 births
- 1930s
1930s
51 births
- 1940s
1940s
33 births
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 58 births (29% of all-time use).
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What to do with Glenard's data
- Glenard's decade-level peak was the 1920s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Glenard: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1929)
Similar record span (~66 yrs)
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, 1915–1981 (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 Glenard 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.