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.

Glenda

#355 most common girls' name of all time · #651 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1900–2025

Rank among girls
#355
Rank overall
#651 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
109,522
Since 2016
239
Peak year
1950 #87
Best rank
#79 1944
Girls Boys peak 4,224/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Glenda first appears in 1900. 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
2025 20 — 20 #5,942
2024 24 — 24 #5,312
2023 23 — 23 #5,410
2022 18 — 18 #6,480
2021 27 — 27 #4,850
2020 24 — 24 #5,181
2019 22 — 22 #5,640
2018 24 — 24 #5,336
2017 24 — 24 #5,355
2016 33 — 33 #4,356
2015 27 — 27 #5,000
2014 30 — 30 #4,666
2013 32 — 32 #4,433
2012 39 — 39 #3,921
2011 48 — 48 #3,356
2010 46 — 46 #3,473
2009 57 — 57 #3,005
2008 61 — 61 #2,893
2007 75 — 75 #2,487
2006 72 — 72 #2,541
2005 89 — 89 #2,088
2004 66 — 66 #2,530
2003 90 — 90 #2,006
2002 95 — 95 #1,868
2001 86 — 86 #1,980
2000 96 — 96 #1,805
1999 86 — 86 #1,845
1998 112 — 112 #1,509
1997 118 — 118 #1,413
1996 124 — 124 #1,360
1995 135 — 135 #1,254
1994 137 — 137 #1,252
1993 143 — 143 #1,215
1992 179 — 179 #1,038
1991 165 — 165 #1,090
1990 175 — 175 #1,029
1989 205 — 205 #897
1988 172 — 172 #967
1987 183 — 183 #909
1986 198 — 198 #842
1985 213 — 213 #786
1984 232 — 232 #713
1983 285 — 285 #614
1982 323 — 323 #568
1981 310 — 310 #593
1980 327 — 327 #567
1979 297 — 297 #604
1978 362 — 362 #515
1977 403 — 403 #477
1976 455 — 455 #436
1975 444 — 444 #445
1974 509 — 509 #398
1973 566 — 566 #372
1972 613 — 613 #359
1971 782 — 782 #333
1970 893 — 893 #312
1969 943 — 943 #298
1968 998 — 998 #272
1967 1,110 — 1,110 #252
1966 1,367 6 1,373 #221
1965 1,514 5 1,519 #217
1964 1,863 6 1,869 #198
1963 2,051 8 2,059 #187
1962 2,457 7 2,464 #166
1961 2,600 10 2,610 #159
1960 2,689 10 2,699 #158
1959 2,839 7 2,846 #148
1958 2,981 12 2,993 #141
1957 3,200 8 3,208 #134
1956 3,245 8 3,253 #134
1955 3,344 11 3,355 #128
1954 3,734 8 3,742 #114
1953 3,655 6 3,661 #105
1952 3,880 10 3,890 #97
1951 4,135 7 4,142 #89
1950 4,215 9 4,224 #87
1949 3,975 12 3,987 #87
1948 3,831 14 3,845 #92
1947 4,156 7 4,163 #96
1946 3,568 8 3,576 #99
1945 2,963 10 2,973 #92
1944 3,367 10 3,377 #79
1943 3,403 19 3,422 #83
1942 3,089 17 3,106 #89
1941 2,643 11 2,654 #96
1940 2,353 9 2,362 #107
1939 2,286 8 2,294 #112
1938 1,958 11 1,969 #123
1937 1,536 14 1,550 #146
1936 1,366 — 1,366 #150
1935 1,144 7 1,151 #169
1934 921 — 921 #194
1933 680 — 680 #232
1932 288 — 288 #387
1931 230 — 230 #428
1930 181 — 181 #496
1929 184 — 184 #497
1928 184 — 184 #509
1927 162 — 162 #558
1926 167 — 167 #543
1925 143 — 143 #610
1924 150 — 150 #613
1923 123 — 123 #670
1922 117 — 117 #677
1921 117 — 117 #687
1920 110 — 110 #697
1919 78 — 78 #799
1918 87 — 87 #770
1917 81 — 81 #771
1916 64 — 64 #855
1915 68 — 68 #801
1914 52 — 52 #814
1913 48 — 48 #766
1912 39 — 39 #808
1911 26 — 26 #852
1910 10 — 10 #1,621
1909 15 — 15 #1,103
1908 13 — 13 #1,200
1907 10 — 10 #1,378
1906 5 — 5 #2,139
1905 11 — 11 #1,236
1904 6 — 6 #1,840
1900 5 — 5 #2,175