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How popular is “Glen” in the USA?

Number of people named “Glen” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Glen” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Glen” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Glen” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Glen” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Glen” by birth year

This chart shows how “Glen” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 24 0.000119116 24 -100%
1881 31 0.000160882 31 -100%
1882 27 0.000121878 27 -100%
1883 27 0.000124455 27 -100%
1884 52 0.000213587 5 47 -81%
1885 50 0.000207595 5 45 -80%
1886 49 0.000191919 49 -100%
1887 57 0.000230404 5 52 -82%
1888 82 0.000273813 5 77 -88%
1889 58 0.00020073 58 -100%
1890 74 0.00024552 6 68 -84%
1891 85 0.000296505 85 -100%
1892 112 0.000334954 6 106 -89%
1893 77 0.000236761 77 -100%
1894 114 0.000336591 6 108 -89%
1895 102 0.000290582 102 -100%
1896 120 0.000335679 7 113 -88%
1897 94 0.000270927 6 88 -87%
1898 118 0.000309342 7 111 -88%
1899 101 0.00029773 101 -100%
1900 140 0.000310933 6 134 -91%
1901 110 0.000318092 5 105 -91%
1902 123 0.000318049 123 -100%
1903 128 0.000335782 7 121 -89%
1904 127 0.000314758 7 120 -89%
1905 134 0.000316096 6 128 -91%
1906 131 0.000305753 11 120 -83%
1907 155 0.000333054 5 150 -94%
1908 158 0.00032334 158 -100%
1909 186 0.000363833 8 178 -91%
1910 184 0.000311489 184 -100%
1911 236 0.000366302 5 231 -96%
1912 472 0.000477703 12 460 -95%
1913 615 0.000540845 9 606 -97%
1914 865 0.000610727 12 853 -97%
1915 1132 0.00061776 20 1112 -96%
1916 1180 0.000610003 24 1156 -96%
1917 1257 0.000626386 22 1235 -96%
1918 1348 0.00062088 30 1318 -96%
1919 1411 0.000668643 22 1389 -97%
1920 1435 0.000634214 23 1412 -97%
1921 1528 0.000654528 22 1506 -97%
1922 1412 0.000616821 28 1384 -96%
1923 1477 0.000641482 27 1450 -96%
1924 1534 0.000644102 16 1518 -98%
1925 1563 0.000669866 26 1537 -97%
1926 1555 0.000677293 36 1519 -95%
1927 1653 0.000712697 36 1617 -96%
1928 1626 0.000719171 31 1595 -96%
1929 1456 0.000664185 29 1427 -96%
1930 1625 0.000730899 30 1595 -96%
1931 1591 0.000756039 28 1563 -96%
1932 1483 0.000702414 18 1465 -98%
1933 1360 0.000680188 25 1335 -96%
1934 1459 0.000702518 17 1442 -98%
1935 1420 0.000679458 24 1396 -97%
1936 1460 0.000702741 19 1441 -97%
1937 1380 0.000647684 23 1357 -97%
1938 1484 0.000670712 20 1464 -97%
1939 1447 0.0006567 19 1428 -97%
1940 1458 0.000633174 24 1434 -97%
1941 1424 0.000584463 14 1410 -98%
1942 1436 0.000525657 15 1421 -98%
1943 1456 0.000515844 11 1445 -98%
1944 1464 0.000544222 13 1451 -98%
1945 1414 0.000533 19 1395 -97%
1946 1698 0.000531404 21 1677 -98%
1947 2080 0.000577405 10 2070 -99%
1948 2068 0.000598983 22 2046 -98%
1949 2224 0.000638205 21 2203 -98%
1950 2189 0.000624829 16 2173 -99%
1951 2241 0.000608349 21 2220 -98%
1952 2515 0.00066219 23 2492 -98%
1953 2404 0.000623825 15 2389 -99%
1954 2518 0.000632551 22 2496 -98%
1955 2515 0.000626389 25 2490 -98%
1956 2740 0.000664559 20 2720 -99%
1957 2948 0.000701547 23 2925 -98%
1958 2820 0.000682164 23 2797 -98%
1959 2714 0.000652719 20 2694 -99%
1960 2448 0.000589338 7 2441 -99%
1961 2704 0.000652777 16 2688 -99%
1962 2852 0.00070675 22 2830 -98%
1963 2370 0.000598757 12 2358 -99%
1964 2133 0.000548667 8 2125 -99%
1965 2081 0.000573998 13 2068 -99%
1966 1760 0.000506379 11 1749 -99%
1967 1719 0.000506348 9 1710 -99%
1968 1681 0.000497571 14 1667 -98%
1969 2255 0.000648861 14 2241 -99%
1970 2012 0.000557879 14 1998 -99%
1971 1544 0.000449837 11 1533 -99%
1972 1159 0.000368757 6 1153 -99%
1973 873 0.000289371 6 867 -99%
1974 826 0.000271711 8 818 -98%
1975 808 0.000267603 808 -100%
1976 756 0.000249151 5 751 -99%
1977 667 0.00020998 667 -100%
1978 653 0.000205743 653 -100%
1979 586 0.000176135 586 -100%
1980 604 0.000175352 5 599 -98%
1981 615 0.000177778 6 609 -98%
1982 581 0.000165623 581 -100%
1983 527 0.000152165 527 -100%
1984 554 0.000158796 5 549 -98%
1985 517 0.000144854 7 510 -97%
1986 463 0.000130163 463 -100%
1987 505 0.000140059 505 -100%
1988 512 0.000138564 5 507 -98%
1989 480 0.000124855 480 -100%
1990 450 0.000113853 450 -100%
1991 416 0.000106796 416 -100%
1992 370 0.000096322 370 -100%
1993 337 0.000089383 337 -100%
1994 321 0.000086345 321 -100%
1995 301 0.000082192 301 -100%
1996 259 0.000071013 259 -100%
1997 237 0.000065366 237 -100%
1998 218 0.000059268 218 -100%
1999 204 0.000055227 204 -100%
2000 217 0.000057409 217 -100%
2001 194 0.000051825 194 -100%
2002 182 0.000048685 182 -100%
2003 166 0.000043658 166 -100%
2004 147 0.000038472 147 -100%
2005 129 0.000033551 129 -100%
2006 126 0.000031849 126 -100%
2007 131 0.000032769 131 -100%
2008 114 0.000029003 114 -100%
2009 119 0.00003115 119 -100%
2010 94 0.000025435 94 -100%
2011 118 0.00003226 118 -100%
2012 97 0.000026522 97 -100%
2013 102 0.000027978 102 -100%
2014 105 0.00002833 105 -100%
2015 94 0.000025399 94 -100%
2016 84 0.000022896 84 -100%
2017 99 0.000027683 99 -100%
2018 78 0.000022185 78 -100%
2019 74 0.00002132 74 -100%
2020 54 0.000016165 54 -100%
2021 86 0.000025384 86 -100%
2022 71 0.000020986 71 -100%
2023 57 0.000017214 57 -100%
2024 61 0.000018327 61 -100%

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