Glenn Boy
How popular is Glenn?
#1,443 boy name in 2025
124 baby boys were named Glenn in the US in 2025, making it the 1443rd most popular boy name.
Glenn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,443 for boys (▼ 84 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 124 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-25% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,141 in 2015, #1,398 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1962 (7,356 boys) |
| Highest rank | #55 in 1962 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Glenn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Glenn family of names ranked #994 for boys in 2025 (#993 the year before), with 198 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Glenn | 124 | 63% |
| Glen | 74 | 37% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Glenn is most popular
Babies named Glenn per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
Glenn by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 731 | #136 |
| 1890s | 1,501 | #104 |
| 1900s | 2,122 | #94 |
| 1910s | 14,304 | #84 |
| 1920s | 25,157 | #75 |
| 1930s | 24,222 | #71 |
| 1940s | 35,717 | #61 |
| 1950s | 58,714 | #58 |
| 1960s | 48,095 | #55 |
| 1970s | 16,888 | #109 |
| 1980s | 10,189 | #215 |
| 1990s | 5,908 | #296 |
| 2000s | 2,730 | #591 |
| 2010s | 1,615 | #1,023 |
| 2020s | 749 | #1,359 |
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Questions
- Is Glenn a boy or girl name?
- Glenn is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Glenn were boys.
- How popular is the name Glenn?
- 124 baby boys were named Glenn in the US in 2025, making it the 1443rd most popular boy name.
- When was Glenn most popular?
- Glenn peaked in 1962, when 7,356 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #55 in 1962.
- How many people are named Glenn?
- 250,778 babies have been named Glenn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 138,585 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 65.
- Where is Glenn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Glenn was most common in North Carolina, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.