Glendal — boys' name
184 babies named Glendal in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1943. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Glendal was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Glendal in 1943 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Glendal
The Social Security Administration has registered 184 babies named Glendal between 1922 and 1982, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Glendal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Glendal performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Glendal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Glendal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Glendal 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 184 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.
Glendal at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Glendal popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1922
- Peak year (1943)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
184 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1943 with 12 births in a single year.
Glendal popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1943 (Glendal as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Glendal accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Glendal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 67 births that decade — 36% of Glendal's all-time total
Glendal decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Glendal's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Glendal by state
Where Glendal concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 2.7% |
5 of 184 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 2.7% 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, 1922–1982 (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.