Glennell — girls' name
17 babies named Glennell in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
71% of everyone ever named Glennell was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Glennell in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Glennell
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Glennell between 1944 and 1953, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Glennell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Glennell performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Glennell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Glennell 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 17 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.
Glennell at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Glennell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1944
- Peak year (1947)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
17 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 7 births in a single year.
Glennell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 12 births that decade — 71% of Glennell's all-time total
Glennell decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Glennell's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% 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, 1944–1953 (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.