# Glynis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/glynis/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,024 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 2,014 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 11 | 6,311 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11,928 |
| 1988 | 7 | 9,599 |
| 1989 | 12 | 6,675 |
| 1990 | 11 | 7,486 |
| 1991 | 9 | 8,838 |
| 1992 | 10 | 8,287 |
| 1993 | 9 | 8,976 |
| 1995 | 12 | 7,201 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10,976 |
| 1997 | 5 | 14,535 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15,893 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,200 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17,021 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,490 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5 | 4,288 |
| 1963 | 5 | 4,276 |

## People named Glynis

- Glynis Johns, British actress (1923–2024)
- Glynis Nunn, Australian heptathlete
- Glynis Coles, British tennis player

## 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.