Glendel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Glendel

The Social Security Administration has registered 155 babies named Glendel between 1927 and 1971, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Glendel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Glendel performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Glendel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Glendel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Glendel 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 155 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.