How Many People Are Named Glyn?
people named Glyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 566,807 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,475 babies named Glyn in Social Security records from 1912 to 2009, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
44 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "valley" in Welsh.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Glyn, 7.1% were girls and 92.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 5.4% in the 1960s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Glyn alive today is about 66 years old, and 70% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Glyn first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1934, to 44 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2009.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2009
🏆 Rank History
Glyn has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,047, in 1934.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,047 (1934) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,328 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Glyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Glyn were born in Texas than in any other state: about 28 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Glyn was given about 10.7 times as often in Texas.
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