Girls' name · since 1939
Glendia
248 babies named Glendia in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 248
- born since 1939
- 1950s
- peak decade
248 girls have been named Glendia since 1939, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Glendia has 248 recorded births among girls since 1939, 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 1939 to 1968.
- #17,665 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 248 born since 1939
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Glendia ranks #17,665 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 248 born since 1939, peaking in the 1950s.
- #17,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 248
- born since 1939
- 1950s
- peak decade
Glendia's 248 recorded births place it above 75.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Glendia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Glendia's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1939, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1951 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Glendia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1968
- Peak year (1951)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Glendia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (115 births, 46% of the file).
1950s was Glendia's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Glendia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
94 births
- 1950s
1950s
115 births
- 1960s 34
1960s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 115 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Glendia's decade-level peak was the 1950s (115 total births); usage has since declined to 34 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Glendia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
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, 1939–1968 (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 Glendia 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.