# Glenn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/glenn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɡlɛn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 250,778 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 248,642 / 2,136 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 521, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 20 | 4,026 |
| 1986 | 14 | 5,267 |
| 1987 | 10 | 6,971 |
| 1988 | 11 | 6,802 |
| 1989 | 18 | 4,930 |
| 1990 | 14 | 6,242 |
| 1991 | 12 | 7,110 |
| 1992 | 11 | 7,700 |
| 1993 | 17 | 5,500 |
| 1994 | 9 | 9,081 |
| 1995 | 9 | 9,023 |
| 1996 | 12 | 7,294 |
| 1997 | 11 | 7,960 |
| 1999 | 12 | 7,888 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,199 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 163 | 1,121 |
| 2012 | 181 | 1,054 |
| 2013 | 163 | 1,115 |
| 2014 | 161 | 1,168 |
| 2015 | 165 | 1,142 |
| 2016 | 173 | 1,125 |
| 2017 | 143 | 1,274 |
| 2018 | 150 | 1,236 |
| 2019 | 127 | 1,396 |
| 2020 | 124 | 1,401 |
| 2021 | 125 | 1,445 |
| 2022 | 127 | 1,434 |
| 2023 | 110 | 1,584 |
| 2024 | 139 | 1,360 |
| 2025 | 124 | 1,443 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,400 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Glenn

- Glenn Close, American actress (born 1947)
- Glenn Theodore Seaborg, American chemist (1912–1999)
- Glenn Miller, American band leader, arranger, and composer (1904–1944)
- Glenn Gould, Canadian composer and pianist (1932–1982)
- Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor (1916–2006)
- Glenn Frey, American rock musician (1948–2016)
- Glenn Hoddle, English footballer and manager
- Glenn Greenwald, American journalist, lawyer and writer (born 1967)
- Glenn Beck, American conservative political commentator
- Glenn Hughes, British bassist and singer
- Glenn Tipton, British guitarist
- Glenn Murcutt, Architect (b.1936)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.