Girls' name · since 1907
Glessie
Since 1907, U.S. Social Security records show 105 babies named Glessie, peaking in 1916. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,578 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1907
- 1910s
- peak decade
105 girls have been named Glessie since 1907, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Glessie has 105 recorded births among girls since 1907, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 1939.
- #26,578 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 105 born since 1907
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Glessie ranks #26,578 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 105 born since 1907, peaking in the 1910s.
- #26,578 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1907
- 1910s
- peak decade
Glessie's 105 recorded births place it above 63.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Glessie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Glessie splits its recorded history at 1922: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1911 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Glessie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–1939
- Peak year (1916)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Glessie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (49 births, 47% of the file).
1910s was Glessie's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Glessie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
49 births
- 1920s
1920s
40 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 49 births (47% of all-time use).
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What to do with Glessie's data
- Glessie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1930s -- 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 Glessie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1907–1939 (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 Glessie 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.