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Glena

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Glena is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
195031 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1898
1,078people given the name
Babies named Glena, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,078 girls have been named Glena in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1950, with 31 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 31 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1940, and the 1930s alone account for 19%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Glena
1890s5
1900s15
1910s120
1920s182
1930s209
1940s162
1950s207
1960s131
1970s36
1980s6
1990s5

In 1950, its biggest year

Glena was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1950 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Susan. See all of 1950.

Names that rose and fell with Glena

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.