Glenita — girls' name
42 babies named Glenita in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Glenita was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Glenita in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Glenita
The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Glenita between 1939 and 1972, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Glenita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Glenita performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Glenita shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Glenita 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 42 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.
Glenita at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Glenita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1939
- Peak year (1972)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
42 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 7 births in a single year.
Glenita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 15 births that decade — 36% of Glenita's all-time total
Glenita decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Glenita's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% 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, 1939–1972 (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.