# Glynn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/glynn/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,360 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,943 / 417 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 31, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 16 | 2,813 |
| 1955 | 15 | 3,019 |
| 1956 | 8 | 4,590 |
| 1957 | 10 | 4,027 |
| 1958 | 6 | 5,654 |
| 1960 | 7 | 5,355 |
| 1961 | 5 | 6,921 |
| 1962 | 8 | 5,016 |
| 1963 | 5 | 6,975 |
| 1964 | 9 | 4,739 |
| 1967 | 7 | 5,664 |
| 1968 | 5 | 7,392 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13,912 |
| 1992 | 8 | 9,797 |
| 1994 | 7 | 10,958 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 13 | 4,974 |
| 1999 | 13 | 5,131 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,510 |
| 2001 | 12 | 5,794 |
| 2002 | 8 | 7,899 |
| 2003 | 13 | 5,659 |
| 2005 | 9 | 7,863 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,696 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,009 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,216 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,271 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,018 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,722 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,871 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,804 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 8 | 1,458 |
| 1997 | 7 | 1,578 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |

## People named Glynn

- Glynn Turman, American actor
- Glynn Saulters, American basketball player
- Glynn Watson Jr., American basketball player (born 1997)

## 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.