Glenny — unisex name
25 babies named Glenny in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Glenny was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Glenny in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Glenny
The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Glenny between 1982 and 1989, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Glenny currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Glenny is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1941.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Glenny performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Glenny in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Glenny 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 25 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.
Glenny at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Glenny popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1982
- Peak year (1983)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
25 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 8 births in a single year.
Glenny popularity over time — boys
16 total births recorded since 1941 (Glenny as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Glenny accounts for 39% of total recorded use across both genders.
Glenny by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 25 births that decade — 100% of Glenny's all-time total
Glenny decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Glenny's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Glenny by state
Where Glenny concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12 | 48.0% |
12 of 25 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 48.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 48.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1982–1989 (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.