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Glenn

Boy English #1582 in 2023

Glenn is a boy name of English origin.

Meaning of Glenn

Fairly popular in the middle of the 20th century.

Popularity of Glenn

Popularity, 1880–2023

110 births in 2023

1880 2023

248,379 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023. Used for both boys and girls — see notes below.

Peak year

1962

7,391 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

Boy · Ancient Greek

Also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e)

Boy · Germanic languages

Medieval short form of - compound names beginning with gari or geri ("spear"), such as Gerard, Gerald or Gerbert

Girl · English

Popular in the 1960s and the 1970s

From Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from, from gloss=broom shrub + gloss=hill, dune

God is gracious

Girl · English

English place name from sċīr + lēah

Girl · English

Wished-for child; desired

About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.