How Many People Are Named Glen?
people named Glen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,254 people in the US has this name
Based on 127,054 babies named Glen in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,947 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of GLENN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Glen in English. Counting Glen and these spellings together, about 200,493 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Glen, 0.8% were girls and 99.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 4.4% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Glen alive today is about 60 years old, and 60% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Glen first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1957, to 2,947 babies. In 2025, 74 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Glen has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #112, in 1931. In 2025 it ranked #2,026.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,026 |
| Best rank | #112 (1931) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #130 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Glen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Glen were born in California than in any other state: about 6,059 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Glen was given 3.4 times as often in Utah, 2.4 times in Idaho and 2.2 times in Wyoming.
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