Girls' name · since 1936
Glo
17 babies named Glo in U.S. Social Security records since 1936, with the highest year being 1936. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,722 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1936
- 1930s
- peak decade
17 girls have been named Glo since 1936, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Glo has 17 recorded births among girls since 1936, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1936 to 1950.
- #47,722 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1936
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Glo ranks #47,722 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1936, peaking in the 1930s.
- #47,722 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1936
- 1930s
- peak decade
Glo's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Glo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Glo's SSA record in two at 1949 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1949, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1936 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Glo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1950
- Peak year (1936)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Glo by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (7 births, 41% of the file).
1930s was Glo's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Glo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
7 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 7 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Glo's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 1950s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Glo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1936)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1936–1950 (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 Glo 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.