How Many People Are Named Glenda?
people named Glenda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,461 people in the US has this name
Based on 109,522 babies named Glenda in Social Security records from 1900 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐ Rare
Peak Year
4,224 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
A name created in the 20th century from the Welsh elements glรขn "pure, clean" and da "good".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Glenda (99.8%) were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Glenda alive today is about 68 years old, and 82% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 63 and 77 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Glenda first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1950, to 4,224 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Glenda never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #79, in 1944, and it was in the top 100 for 12 years, 1941 to 1952. In 2025 it ranked #5,986.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,986 |
| Best rank | #79 (1944) |
| Years in the top 100 | 12 (1941 to 1952) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #121 in the 1950s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Glenda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Glenda were born in Texas than in any other state: about 8,680 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Glenda was given 3.1 times as often in Arkansas, 3 times in Oklahoma and 2.7 times in Alabama.
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