Girls' name · since 1913
Glendola
Glendola has 245 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,783 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 245
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
245 girls have been named Glendola since 1913, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Glendola has 245 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1940.
- #17,783 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 245 born since 1913
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Glendola ranks #17,783 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 245 born since 1913, peaking in the 1920s.
- #17,783 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 245
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Glendola's 245 recorded births place it above 75.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Kentucky.
Glendola's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Glendola splits its recorded history at 1926: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Glendola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1940
- Peak year (1921)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Glendola by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (111 births, 45% of the file).
1920s was Glendola's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Glendola births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
67 births
- 1920s
1920s
111 births
- 1930s
1930s
60 births
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 111 births (45% of all-time use).
Glendola by state
Where Glendola concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 245 births nationwide.
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What to do with Glendola's data
- Glendola's decade-level peak was the 1920s (111 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Glendolas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
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 Glendola: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1913–1940 (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 Glendola 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.