Glendalys — girls' name
12 babies named Glendalys in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Glendalys was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Glendalys in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Glendalys
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Glendalys between 1979 and 1983, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Glendalys currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Glendalys performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Glendalys shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Glendalys 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 12 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.
Glendalys at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Glendalys popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
12 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 6 births in a single year.
Glendalys by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 6 births that decade — 50% of Glendalys's all-time total
Glendalys decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Glendalys's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 1979–1983 (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.