How Many People Are Named Glenn?
people named Glenn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,523 people in the US has this name
Based on 250,778 babies named Glenn in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
7,389 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic gleann "valley". A famous bearer of the surname is American astronaut John Glenn (1921-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Glenn in English. Counting Glenn and these spellings together, about 200,493 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Glenn, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 7.1% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Glenn alive today is about 61 years old, and 65% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Glenn first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1962, to 7,389 babies. In 2025, 124 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Glenn never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #55, in 1962, and it was in the top 100 in 63 years between 1901 and 1969. In 2025 it ranked #1,443.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,443 |
| Best rank | #55 (1962) |
| Years in the top 100 | 63 (1901 to 1969) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #68 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Glenn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Glenn were born in New York than in any other state: about 12,629 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Glenn was given 2.8 times as often in Hawaii, 1.4 times in North Dakota and 1.4 times in New Jersey.
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