Girls' name · since 1938
Glender
Glender has 64 recorded births since 1938 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1952 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,096 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1938
- 1950s
- peak decade
Glender sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 64 recorded since 1938.
Glender has 64 recorded births among girls since 1938, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1958.
- #32,096 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 1938
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Glender ranks #32,096 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1938, peaking in the 1950s.
- #32,096 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1938
- 1950s
- peak decade
Glender's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Mississippi.
Glender's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Glender's full recorded timeline at 1952, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1938, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1952 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Glender popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1958
- Peak year (1952)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Glender by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (45 births, 70% of the file).
1950s was Glender's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Glender births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 14
1940s
14 births
- 1950s
1950s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 45 births (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.
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- Mississippi records the most Glenders (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Mississippi names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Glender: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1938–1958 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Glender draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.