Glendia — girls' name
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.
46% of everyone ever named Glendia was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Glendia in 1951 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Glendia
The Social Security Administration has registered 248 babies named Glendia between 1939 and 1968, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Glendia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Glendia performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Glendia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Glendia 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 248 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.
Glendia at a glance
Last recorded 1968Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Glendia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1939
- Peak year (1951)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1968.
248 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1951 with 19 births in a single year.
Glendia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 115 births that decade — 46% of Glendia's all-time total
Glendia decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 94 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Glendia's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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, 1939–1968 (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.