How Many People Are Named Glenna?

11,816

people named Glenna are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 28,925 people in the US has this name

Based on 25,629 babies named Glenna in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,227

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,230

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Peak Year

1951

645 births

Trend

→

Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Scottish, English
Pronunciation: GLEN-ə
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Feminine form of GLENN.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Glenna in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Glenna alive today is about 69 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 79 in 2025.

Under 30 377
3.2%
30 to 59 2,131
18%
60 and over 9,307
78.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Glenna first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1951, to 645 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Glenna has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #256, in 1931. In 2025 it ranked #12,345.

Girls
Rank in 2025#12,345
Best rank#256 (1931)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#312 in the 1940s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Glenna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Glenna were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 986 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Glenna was given 6.5 times as often in West Virginia, 4.2 times in Utah and 3.8 times in Kentucky.

Ohio 986
Kentucky 933
Texas 760
West Virginia 753
California 640
Oklahoma 458
Illinois 436
Tennessee 426
Virginia 408
Missouri 407
Indiana 390
Michigan 329
Pennsylvania 280
Washington 212
Kansas 209
North Carolina 197
Arkansas 184
New York 167
Utah 158
Colorado 118
Oregon 102
Idaho 101
Iowa 79
Florida 74
Arizona 73
Maryland 62
New Mexico 50
Massachusetts 37
Minnesota 32
Georgia 30
Maine 29
Nebraska 29
Alabama 17
Montana 12
Louisiana 11
South Carolina 10
Wisconsin 10
New Jersey 4
Wyoming 4
District of Columbia 3
Vermont 3

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