Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Glee

#8,141 most common girls' name of all time · #13,624 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1893–1971

Rank among girls
#8,141
Rank overall
#13,624 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
801
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #1,849
Best rank
#1,570 1913
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
1900192019401960

Glee first appears in 1893. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1971 5 — 5 #8,431
1970 6 — 6 #7,153
1969 7 — 7 #6,050
1968 5 — 5 #7,132
1966 9 — 9 #4,566
1965 5 — 5 #6,640
1964 6 — 6 #6,096
1962 9 — 9 #4,590
1961 18 — 18 #2,982
1960 9 — 9 #4,496
1959 7 — 7 #5,107
1958 5 — 5 #6,213
1957 13 — 13 #3,351
1956 12 — 12 #3,545
1955 13 — 13 #3,252
1954 11 — 11 #3,547
1953 16 — 16 #2,734
1952 12 — 12 #3,254
1951 9 — 9 #3,771
1950 18 — 18 #2,372
1949 7 — 7 #4,302
1948 12 — 12 #3,023
1947 23 — 23 #2,060
1946 19 — 19 #2,182
1945 16 — 16 #2,186
1944 15 — 15 #2,333
1943 14 — 14 #2,492
1942 14 — 14 #2,456
1941 19 — 19 #1,914
1940 17 — 17 #1,991
1939 13 — 13 #2,339
1938 19 — 19 #1,831
1937 10 — 10 #2,793
1936 15 — 15 #2,077
1935 12 — 12 #2,486
1934 20 — 20 #1,731
1933 10 — 10 #2,746
1932 10 — 10 #2,893
1931 10 — 10 #2,822
1930 13 — 13 #2,488
1929 20 — 20 #1,852
1928 10 — 10 #3,004
1927 16 — 16 #2,293
1926 11 — 11 #2,931
1925 14 — 14 #2,529
1924 17 — 17 #2,253
1923 14 — 14 #2,520
1922 8 5 13 #3,740
1921 20 — 20 #2,020
1920 14 — 14 #2,511
1919 16 — 16 #2,199
1918 21 5 26 #1,849
1917 17 — 17 #2,052
1916 13 5 18 #2,421
1915 12 — 12 #2,440
1914 8 — 8 #2,735
1913 15 5 20 #1,570
1912 10 — 10 #1,915
1911 6 — 6 #2,293
1908 6 — 6 #1,983
1907 8 — 8 #1,600
1906 7 — 7 #1,663
1902 5 — 5 #1,923
1896 5 — 5 #1,749
1893 5 — 5 #1,615