How rare is the name Glenda?

89,345 people in the United States have the first name Glenda, about 1 in 3,381. It ranks #596 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GLENDA

#596

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
89,345
About
1 in 3,381
This common or more
61.7%
Who bears it

Of the 89,345 people named Glenda, 67.2% reported their origin as White, 13.9% as Black and 13.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Glenda peaked in 1950, when 4,224 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002025
Peak year
1950
Births that year
4,224
In 2025*
20 ▼100%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 109,522 babies have been given the name since 1900. 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.

Glenda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #184. The largest share of babies named Glenda, 57.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#2,40465
1910s#1,478553
1920s#1,1031,457
1930s#32710,630
1940s#18433,465
1950s#22235,314
1960s#36317,644
1970s#7425,324
1980s#1,2752,448
1990s#2,1951,374
2000s#3,949787
2010s#7,564325
2020s#9,499136
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4526.4%
Baby boom 1946–6457.1%
Generation X 1965–8010.6%
Millennials 1981–962.9%
Generation Z 1997–121.1%
2013 and later0.3%

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 Glenda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Glenda has been most common in Arkansas (3.5×), Alabama (3.2×), and Oklahoma (3×), and least common in Connecticut (0.1×).

105,405 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 Glenda

#594 Bethany · 89,509#595 Natasha · 89,482#597 Juana · 88,951#598 Whitney · 88,892

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Glenda, most common first.

#8,088 Glinda · 1,818#8,114 Glynda · 1,802#8,126 Glendy · 1,799#20,952 Glennda · 489#27,293 Glendi · 336#37,262 Glendia · 210#43,791 Glendal · 160#51,981 Glanda · 110

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