Glender — girls' name
64 babies named Glender in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
70% of everyone ever named Glender was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Glender in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Glender
The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Glender between 1938 and 1958, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Glender currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Glender performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Glender shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Glender in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Glender 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 64 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.
Glender at a glance
Last recorded 1958Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Glender popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1938
- Peak year (1952)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1958.
64 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 12 births in a single year.
Glender by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 45 births that decade — 70% of Glender's all-time total
Glender decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Glender's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
Glender by state
Where Glender concentrates geographically — total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 7.8% |
5 of 64 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 7.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 7.8% 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, 1938–1958 (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.