Glendaly — girls' name
49 babies named Glendaly in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Glendaly was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Glendaly in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Glendaly
The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Glendaly between 1977 and 1986, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Glendaly currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Glendaly performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Glendaly shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Glendaly in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Glendaly 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 49 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.
Glendaly at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Glendaly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1977
- Peak year (1979)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
49 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 12 births in a single year.
Glendaly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 30 births that decade — 61% of Glendaly's all-time total
Glendaly decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Glendaly's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Glendaly by state
Where Glendaly concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12 | 24.5% |
12 of 49 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 24.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 24.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1977–1986 (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.