How rare is the name Glenna?

13,608 people in the United States have the first name Glenna, about 1 in 22,195. It ranks #2,016 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GLENNA

#2,016

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,608
About
1 in 22,195
This common or more
78.1%
Who bears it

Of the 13,608 people named Glenna, 90.7% reported their origin as White, 2.9% as Black and 2.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Glenna peaked in 1951, when 645 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1951
Births that year
645
In 2025*
7 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 25,629 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.

Glenna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #510. The largest share of babies named Glenna, 34.6%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,047140
1890s#767353
1900s#782471
1910s#7911,703
1920s#6204,018
1930s#5104,976
1940s#5865,182
1950s#7484,684
1960s#1,2332,049
1970s#2,026945
1980s#3,473490
1990s#5,479345
2000s#13,384134
2010s#16,96298
2020s#20,06141
Before 19012.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2720.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4534.6%
Baby boom 1946–6432.3%
Generation X 1965–806.9%
Millennials 1981–962.7%
Generation Z 1997–120.9%
2013 and later0.4%

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 Glenna is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Glenna has been most common in West Virginia (10×), Kentucky (5×), and Oklahoma (3.6×), and least common in Georgia (0.08×).

20,518 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 Glenna

#2,014 Rae · 13,639#2,015 Henrietta · 13,628#2,017 Halle · 13,596#2,018 Marci · 13,577

Spelled almost the same

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

#383 Glenn · 145,760#16,474 Glena · 684#18,116 Glenny · 598#34,922 Glynna · 232

Also a last name

As a last name, Glenna ranks #81,829 of 156,621, with 249 people. See Glenna as a last name

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