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Glenda Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Glenda?

In 2018 the rare name Glenda, ranked the 5,334th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Glenda is currently less popular.

Position 79, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1944.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1950 with 4,215 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Glenda was less than 5, most recently in 1903.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Glenda occurred roughly during the years 1906-1920, 1921-1924, 1927-1943, and 1944-1947, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1962-1967, 1968-1975, 1976-1979, 1981-1985, 1996-1999, and 2000-2004.

Sometimes the name Glenda has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Glenda has been spiralling downward for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Glenda for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Glenda?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The name Glenda is very unique and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Glenda has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Glenda (Girl)Glenda (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 24 5,334 < 5 --
2017 24 5,398 < 5 --
2016 33 4,369 < 5 --
2015 27 5,020 < 5 --
2014 30 4,689 < 5 --
2013 32 4,452 < 5 --
2012 39 3,938 < 5 --
2011 48 3,367 < 5 --
2010 46 3,478 < 5 --
2009 57 3,013 < 5 --
2008 61 2,896 < 5 --
2007 75 2,494 < 5 --
2006 72 2,538 < 5 --
2005 89 2,093 < 5 --
2004 66 2,537 < 5 --
2003 89 2,018 < 5 --
2002 95 1,873 < 5 --
2001 86 1,983 < 5 --
2000 96 1,803 < 5 --
1999 86 1,850 < 5 --
1998 111 1,521 < 5 --
1997 118 1,414 < 5 --
1996 124 1,360 < 5 --
1995 135 1,255 < 5 --
1994 137 1,252 < 5 --
1993 143 1,212 < 5 --
1992 179 1,037 < 5 --
1991 165 1,090 < 5 --
1990 175 1,030 < 5 --
1989 205 898 < 5 --
1988 171 972 < 5 --
1987 183 910 < 5 --
1986 198 841 < 5 --
1985 212 789 < 5 --
1984 231 714 < 5 --
1983 285 613 < 5 --
1982 322 570 < 5 --
1981 310 593 < 5 --
1980 327 568 < 5 --
1979 297 604 < 5 --
1978 362 516 < 5 --
1977 403 477 < 5 --
1976 456 436 < 5 --
1975 447 442 < 5 --
1974 507 398 < 5 --
1973 566 372 < 5 --
1972 613 359 < 5 --
1971 781 334 < 5 --
1970 893 312 < 5 --
1969 943 298 < 5 --
1968 999 272 < 5 --
1967 1,108 253 < 5 --
1966 1,369 221 6 3,673
1965 1,514 217 5 4,119
1964 1,862 198 6 3,768
1963 2,048 187 8 3,154
1962 2,459 165 7 3,425
1961 2,598 159 10 2,773
1960 2,690 156 10 2,751
1959 2,839 148 7 3,397
1958 2,979 141 12 2,414
1957 3,199 134 8 3,110
1956 3,243 134 8 3,052
1955 3,341 128 11 2,488
1954 3,735 114 8 3,037
1953 3,655 105 6 3,574
1952 3,880 97 10 2,586
1951 4,136 89 7 3,180
1950 4,215 87 9 2,654
1949 3,976 87 12 2,266
1948 3,831 92 14 2,055
1947 4,155 96 7 3,192
1946 3,568 99 8 2,783
1945 2,962 92 10 2,306
1944 3,366 79 10 2,368
1943 3,403 83 19 1,663
1942 3,090 89 17 1,762
1941 2,645 96 11 2,255
1940 2,351 107 9 2,557
1939 2,287 112 8 2,695
1938 1,958 123 11 2,245
1937 1,536 146 14 1,945
1936 1,366 150 < 5 --
1935 1,144 169 7 3,078
1934 921 194 < 5 --
1933 680 232 < 5 --
1932 288 387 < 5 --
1931 230 428 < 5 --
1930 181 495 < 5 --
1929 184 497 < 5 --
1928 184 508 < 5 --
1927 162 556 < 5 --
1926 167 541 < 5 --
1925 143 611 < 5 --
1924 150 613 < 5 --
1923 123 670 < 5 --
1922 117 675 < 5 --
1921 117 687 < 5 --
1920 110 697 < 5 --
1919 78 798 < 5 --
1918 87 766 < 5 --
1917 81 769 < 5 --
1916 64 850 < 5 --
1915 68 800 < 5 --
1914 52 808 < 5 --
1913 48 761 < 5 --
1912 39 798 < 5 --
1911 26 843 < 5 --
1910 10 1,563 < 5 --
1909 15 1,077 < 5 --
1908 13 1,161 < 5 --
1907 10 1,331 < 5 --
1906 5 2,062 < 5 --
1905 11 1,203 < 5 --
1904 6 1,746 < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 5 2,046 < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.