Glenda — #5290 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Glenda

The Social Security Administration has registered 109,205 babies named Glenda between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Glenda currently holds the #5290 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 4,215 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Glenda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 35,228 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Glenda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12,588 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Glenda in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Glenda 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 109,205 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.