Glenn
Glenn was given to 124 boys in 2025, #1,443 among boys’ names; 250,778 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 133,000 Americans named Glenn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (53% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 56 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Glenn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Glenn mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Glenn is “a male given name transferred from the surname, fairly popular in the middle of the 20th century.”
Also “a female given name transferred from the surname.”
/ɡlɛn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Glenn?
#1,443 among boys’ names, 2025
Glenn fell from #1,142 in 2015 to #1,443 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 86.1 to 72.6 per million.
7,389 babies in 1962, the peak
Glenn peaked in 1962, when 7,389 babies were given it (7,356 boys, #55 among boys’ names). The 124 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | #1,443 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 139 | #1,360 | 0.08 |
| 2023 | 110 | #1,584 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 127 | #1,434 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 125 | #1,445 | 0.07 |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,401 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 127 | #1,396 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 150 | #1,236 | 0.08 |
| 2017 | 143 | #1,274 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 173 | #1,125 | 0.09 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 165 | #1,142 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 161 | #1,168 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 163 | #1,115 | 0.09 |
| 2012 | 181 | #1,054 | 0.10 |
| 2011 | 163 | #1,121 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 189 | #1,026 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 175 | #1,066 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 246 | #865 | 0.12 |
| 2007 | 260 | #826 | 0.13 |
| 2006 | 237 | #850 | 0.12 |
| 2005 | 261 | #761 | 0.13 |
| 2004 | 297 | #680 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 296 | #670 | 0.15 |
| 2002 | 321 | #616 | 0.17 |
| 2001 | 302 | #628 | 0.16 |
| 2000 | 335 | #591 | 0.17 |
| 1999 | 397 | #527 | 0.21 |
| 1998 | 440 | #495 | 0.23 |
| 1997 | 461 | #470 | 0.24 |
| 1996 | 483 | #455 | 0.25 |
| 1995 | 529 | #431 | 0.28 |
| 1994 | 554 | #411 | 0.29 |
| 1993 | 653 | #361 | 0.33 |
| 1992 | 696 | #343 | 0.35 |
| 1991 | 843 | #305 | 0.42 |
| 1990 | 852 | #297 | 0.41 |
| 1989 | 912 | #271 | 0.46 |
| 1988 | 926 | #254 | 0.48 |
| 1987 | 988 | #237 | 0.53 |
| 1986 | 982 | #236 | 0.53 |
| 1985 | 1,004 | #229 | 0.54 |
| 1984 | 1,023 | #221 | 0.57 |
| 1983 | 1,016 | #222 | 0.57 |
| 1982 | 1,088 | #218 | 0.60 |
| 1981 | 1,107 | #221 | 0.62 |
| 1980 | 1,143 | #215 | 0.64 |
| 1979 | 1,118 | #213 | 0.65 |
| 1978 | 1,120 | #200 | 0.68 |
| 1977 | 1,245 | #188 | 0.76 |
| 1976 | 1,317 | #176 | 0.84 |
| 1975 | 1,383 | #170 | 0.89 |
| 1974 | 1,542 | #158 | 1.0 |
| 1973 | 1,702 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1972 | 1,979 | #134 | 1.2 |
| 1971 | 2,474 | #127 | 1.4 |
| 1970 | 3,008 | #109 | 1.6 |
| 1969 | 3,467 | #88 | 1.9 |
| 1968 | 3,246 | #92 | 1.9 |
| 1967 | 3,440 | #91 | 2.0 |
| 1966 | 3,668 | #90 | 2.1 |
| 1965 | 4,355 | #85 | 2.3 |
| 1964 | 4,752 | #81 | 2.4 |
| 1963 | 5,977 | #64 | 2.9 |
| 1962 | 7,356 | #55 | 3.6 |
| 1961 | 6,271 | #64 | 3.0 |
| 1960 | 5,563 | #74 | 2.6 |
| 1959 | 5,352 | #80 | 2.5 |
| 1958 | 5,462 | #76 | 2.6 |
| 1957 | 6,267 | #62 | 2.9 |
| 1956 | 6,196 | #61 | 2.9 |
| 1955 | 6,258 | #59 | 3.0 |
| 1954 | 6,240 | #63 | 3.1 |
| 1953 | 5,726 | #67 | 2.9 |
| 1952 | 5,945 | #61 | 3.1 |
| 1951 | 5,803 | #58 | 3.1 |
| 1950 | 5,465 | #59 | 3.1 |
| 1949 | 5,415 | #61 | 3.1 |
| 1948 | 4,740 | #73 | 2.7 |
| 1947 | 5,157 | #70 | 2.8 |
| 1946 | 3,892 | #81 | 2.4 |
| 1945 | 2,734 | #93 | 2.0 |
| 1944 | 2,849 | #88 | 2.1 |
| 1943 | 3,054 | #85 | 2.1 |
| 1942 | 2,888 | #88 | 2.1 |
| 1941 | 2,523 | #86 | 2.1 |
| 1940 | 2,465 | #83 | 2.1 |
| 1939 | 2,303 | #87 | 2.1 |
| 1938 | 2,367 | #83 | 2.1 |
| 1937 | 2,263 | #88 | 2.1 |
| 1936 | 2,328 | #80 | 2.2 |
| 1935 | 2,437 | #78 | 2.3 |
| 1934 | 2,341 | #81 | 2.3 |
| 1933 | 2,366 | #74 | 2.4 |
| 1932 | 2,435 | #77 | 2.3 |
| 1931 | 2,624 | #72 | 2.5 |
| 1930 | 2,758 | #71 | 2.5 |
| 1929 | 2,433 | #80 | 2.3 |
| 1928 | 2,603 | #76 | 2.4 |
| 1927 | 2,670 | #76 | 2.4 |
| 1926 | 2,635 | #75 | 2.4 |
| 1925 | 2,611 | #77 | 2.3 |
| 1924 | 2,586 | #79 | 2.3 |
| 1923 | 2,370 | #84 | 2.2 |
| 1922 | 2,425 | #79 | 2.2 |
| 1921 | 2,449 | #80 | 2.2 |
| 1920 | 2,375 | #80 | 2.2 |
| 1919 | 2,153 | #84 | 2.2 |
| 1918 | 2,253 | #84 | 2.2 |
| 1917 | 1,997 | #86 | 2.2 |
| 1916 | 1,970 | #84 | 2.2 |
| 1915 | 1,842 | #87 | 2.2 |
| 1914 | 1,327 | #91 | 2.0 |
| 1913 | 1,122 | #85 | 2.2 |
| 1912 | 948 | #84 | 2.2 |
| 1911 | 343 | #111 | 1.5 |
| 1910 | 349 | #97 | 1.8 |
| 1909 | 261 | #103 | 1.6 |
| 1908 | 247 | #103 | 1.6 |
| 1907 | 234 | #104 | 1.6 |
| 1906 | 217 | #98 | 1.6 |
| 1905 | 189 | #114 | 1.4 |
| 1904 | 217 | #99 | 1.7 |
| 1903 | 198 | #97 | 1.7 |
| 1902 | 185 | #106 | 1.5 |
| 1901 | 180 | #94 | 1.7 |
| 1900 | 194 | #118 | 1.3 |
| 1899 | 161 | #107 | 1.5 |
| 1898 | 178 | #108 | 1.5 |
| 1897 | 171 | #104 | 1.5 |
| 1896 | 174 | #107 | 1.5 |
| 1895 | 150 | #113 | 1.3 |
| 1894 | 142 | #114 | 1.2 |
| 1893 | 131 | #122 | 1.2 |
| 1892 | 139 | #121 | 1.1 |
| 1891 | 138 | #108 | 1.4 |
| 1890 | 117 | #123 | 1.1 |
| 1889 | 103 | #140 | 0.93 |
| 1888 | 110 | #140 | 0.91 |
| 1887 | 86 | #148 | 0.85 |
| 1886 | 99 | #136 | 0.89 |
| 1885 | 68 | #194 | 0.63 |
| 1884 | 61 | #213 | 0.53 |
| 1883 | 65 | #182 | 0.62 |
| 1882 | 51 | #233 | 0.45 |
| 1881 | 45 | #224 | 0.45 |
| 1880 | 43 | #254 | 0.39 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Glenn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Glenn has been given almost only to boys: 2,136 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Glenn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Glenn, and how old are they?
133,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 53% of the 250,778 Americans ever recorded as Glenn. The median Glenn alive today is 65 years old; half are between 56 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 145,760 people named Glenn (716 women and girls, 145,044 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 150,859 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 9,220 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 72,300 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 31,600 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 13,100 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,500 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,820 |
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 Glenn born?
The states with the most babies named Glenn are Pennsylvania, New York and California, with 23% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 20,008 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| New York | 19,009 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| California | 17,156 | #1,895 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 13,765 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 12,908 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Texas | 12,124 | #2,162 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 9,930 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 9,547 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 7,237 | #963 | 1.0× |
| Missouri | 6,128 | #909 | 1.0× |
Where Glenn is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Glenn is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 2.3 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 Glenn 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 4 names spelled alike, given to 379,743 babies since 1880, Glenn is the most given (66% of them). In 2025 it was given to 124 of their 198 babies (63%), again the most given.
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 Glenn
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 Glenn and names like it
- Compare Glenn and GlenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sGlenn peaked in 1962.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Glenn since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Glenn: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Glenn.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Glenn alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.