Glendle — boys' name
37 babies named Glendle in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1940. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Glendle was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Glendle in 1940 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Glendle
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Glendle between 1923 and 1940, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Glendle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Glendle performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Glendle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Glendle 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 37 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.
Glendle at a glance
Last recorded 1940Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Glendle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1923
- Peak year (1940)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1940.
37 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1940 with 8 births in a single year.
Glendle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 18 births that decade — 49% of Glendle's all-time total
Glendle decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Glendle's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1923–1940 (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.