Glendon
Glendon was given to 12 boys in 2025, #6,930 among boys’ names; 4,759 Americans have been recorded with it since 1904 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,240 Americans named Glendon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (47% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 34 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Glendon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Glendon?
#6,930 among boys’ names, 2025
Glendon fell from #4,014 in 2015 to #6,930 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 13.6 to 7.0 per million.
118 babies in 1975, the peak
Glendon peaked in 1975, when 118 boys were given it, #764 among boys’ names. The 12 births of 2025 are 10% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,930 | 7.0 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,977 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,655 | 7.6 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,960 | 6.9 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,135 | 8.0 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,286 | 5.2 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,534 | 7.2 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,164 | 9.9 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,989 | 10.3 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,855 | 6.3 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 26 | #4,014 | 13.6 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,120 | 9.4 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,750 | 7.9 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,295 | 12.1 |
| 2011 | 25 | #4,021 | 13.2 |
| 2010 | 7 | #10,018 | 3.6 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,944 | 6.0 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,863 | 7.4 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,276 | 8.2 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,611 | 7.3 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,898 | 8.5 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,048 | 11.1 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,892 | 8.1 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,507 | 6.7 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,960 | 7.7 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,815 | 10.7 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,213 | 13.0 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,625 | 10.5 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,500 | 10.6 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,324 | 11.1 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,597 | 9.5 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,973 | 12.4 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,967 | 11.7 |
| 1992 | 22 | #3,034 | 11.0 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,488 | 13.9 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,183 | 16.1 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,313 | 14.5 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,633 | 11.5 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,234 | 13.9 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,703 | 20.1 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,247 | 13.0 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,950 | 15.5 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,974 | 15.1 |
| 1982 | 31 | #1,828 | 17.1 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,155 | 13.4 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,921 | 16.3 |
| 1979 | 41 | #1,474 | 23.8 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,515 | 23.1 |
| 1977 | 45 | #1,359 | 27.4 |
| 1976 | 59 | #1,104 | 37.6 |
| 1975 | 118 | #764 | 75.6 |
| 1974 | 37 | #1,424 | 23.5 |
| 1973 | 34 | #1,479 | 21.8 |
| 1972 | 21 | #1,990 | 13.0 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,572 | 17.5 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,562 | 16.1 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,480 | 16.8 |
| 1968 | 31 | #1,409 | 17.8 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,679 | 12.6 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,489 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,342 | 17.7 |
| 1964 | 34 | #1,357 | 17.1 |
| 1963 | 44 | #1,167 | 21.7 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,248 | 18.9 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,125 | 23.1 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,140 | 22.0 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,283 | 17.3 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,270 | 17.4 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,171 | 20.4 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,147 | 20.8 |
| 1955 | 47 | #1,092 | 22.8 |
| 1954 | 60 | #957 | 29.4 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,026 | 25.4 |
| 1952 | 53 | #986 | 27.3 |
| 1951 | 59 | #915 | 31.3 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,078 | 24.0 |
| 1949 | 60 | #890 | 33.8 |
| 1948 | 59 | #893 | 33.6 |
| 1947 | 62 | #886 | 33.9 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,050 | 26.5 |
| 1945 | 49 | #921 | 36.4 |
| 1944 | 58 | #825 | 42.6 |
| 1943 | 66 | #809 | 46.2 |
| 1942 | 61 | #836 | 44.2 |
| 1941 | 67 | #760 | 54.5 |
| 1940 | 58 | #823 | 50.0 |
| 1939 | 50 | #874 | 45.2 |
| 1938 | 68 | #746 | 61.3 |
| 1937 | 64 | #767 | 60.0 |
| 1936 | 64 | #761 | 61.7 |
| 1935 | 61 | #793 | 58.6 |
| 1934 | 73 | #719 | 70.7 |
| 1933 | 86 | #624 | 86.7 |
| 1932 | 79 | #693 | 75.7 |
| 1931 | 69 | #745 | 66.4 |
| 1930 | 71 | #757 | 64.7 |
| 1929 | 66 | #798 | 61.4 |
| 1928 | 96 | #632 | 86.7 |
| 1927 | 74 | #764 | 65.7 |
| 1926 | 86 | #686 | 77.4 |
| 1925 | 73 | #774 | 65.4 |
| 1924 | 93 | #672 | 82.1 |
| 1923 | 84 | #709 | 76.6 |
| 1922 | 84 | #715 | 77.2 |
| 1921 | 77 | #764 | 69.9 |
| 1920 | 91 | #669 | 85.5 |
| 1919 | 65 | #814 | 66.3 |
| 1918 | 53 | #912 | 52.3 |
| 1917 | 75 | #702 | 81.0 |
| 1916 | 52 | #879 | 58.4 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,109 | 40.1 |
| 1914 | 34 | #954 | 51.9 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,155 | 39.0 |
| 1912 | 23 | #953 | 53.5 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,145 | 44.3 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,356 | 36.0 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,115 | 48.8 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,470 | 32.4 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,175 | 45.1 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,279 | 39.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Glendon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,759 Americans recorded as Glendon, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 12 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Glendon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Glendon, and how old are they?
2,240 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 47% of the 4,759 Americans ever recorded as Glendon. The median Glendon alive today is 51 years old; half are between 34 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 2,514 people named Glendon (56 women and girls, 2,458 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,483 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 216 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 595 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 557 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 396 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 278 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 192 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Glendon born?
The states with the most babies named Glendon are Kentucky, Texas and Ohio, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 225 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Texas | 140 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 136 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Maine | 112 | not ranked | 3.7× |
| Arkansas | 86 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| California | 68 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Missouri | 40 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Oklahoma | 39 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New Jersey | 25 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Indiana | 22 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Glendon is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Glendon is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 3.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Glendon with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 4,863 babies since 1880, Glendon is the most given (98% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Glendon
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Glendon and names like it
- Compare Glendon and GlendenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sGlendon peaked in 1975.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Glendon since 1910.
- The top names of 1975The year the most babies were named Glendon.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Glendon alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.