first name
GLEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 72,858 people named Glen, 83.1% reported their origin as White, 8.1% as Black and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Glen peaked in 1957, when 2,947 babies got the name.
At least 127,054 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Glen by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #266. The largest share of babies named Glen, 36.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Glen is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Glen has been most common in Wyoming (2.6×), Utah (2.5×), and Oklahoma (2.4×), and least common in Nevada (0.3×).
119,424 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Glen
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Glen, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Glen ranks #12,441 of 156,621, with 2,382 people. See Glen as a last name
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