Boys' name · since 1916
Glenroy
161 babies named Glenroy in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,280 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 161
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Glenroy is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 161 have been recorded since 1916.
Glenroy has 161 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2011.
- #14,280 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 161 born since 1916
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Glenroy ranks #14,280 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 161 born since 1916, peaking in the 1930s.
- #14,280 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 161
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Glenroy's 161 recorded births place it above 68.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Glenroy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Glenroy splits its recorded history at 1957: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1930 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Glenroy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2011
- Peak year (1930)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 96 years of records
Glenroy by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (31 births, 19% of the file).
1930s was Glenroy's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Glenroy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
23 births
- 1920s
1920s
22 births
- 1930s
1930s
31 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 31 births (19% of all-time use).
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- Glenroy's decade-level peak was the 1930s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Glenroy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~95 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Glenroy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.