How rare is the name Glenn?

145,760 people in the United States have the first name Glenn, about 1 in 2,072. It ranks #383 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GLENN

#383

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
145,760
About
1 in 2,072
This common or more
53.5%
Who bears it

Of the 145,760 people named Glenn, 81.5% reported their origin as White, 9.3% as Black and 3.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Glenn peaked in 1962, when 7,389 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1962
Births that year
7,389
In 2025*
124 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 250,778 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.

Glenn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #144. The largest share of babies named Glenn, 43.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#388787
1890s#3191,618
1900s#3082,234
1910s#20714,513
1920s#19025,482
1930s#18724,439
1940s#16935,953
1950s#14458,996
1960s#15448,317
1970s#32617,020
1980s#48610,305
1990s#8266,015
2000s#1,6282,735
2010s#2,5391,615
2020s#3,061749
Before 19011%
Greatest Generation 1901–2714.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4518.4%
Baby boom 1946–6443.2%
Generation X 1965–8014.5%
Millennials 1981–965.5%
Generation Z 1997–121.8%
2013 and later0.7%

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 Glenn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Glenn has been most common in Hawaii (3.1×), North Dakota (1.7×), and Pennsylvania (1.5×), and least common in Nevada (0.32×).

241,247 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 Glenn

#381 Ricky · 146,356#382 Darlene · 145,944#384 Trevor · 145,694#385 Dominic · 145,027

Spelled almost the same

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

#702 Glen · 72,858#2,016 Glenna · 13,608#5,770 Glynn · 2,887#16,474 Glena · 684#18,116 Glenny · 598#28,745 Gleny · 311#34,742 Gleen · 234

Also a last name

As a last name, Glenn ranks #686 of 156,621, with 48,549 people. See Glenn as a last name

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