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How popular is “Glena” in the USA?

Number of people named “Glena” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Glena” 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 “Glena” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Glena” by birth year

This chart shows how “Glena” 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
1898 5 0.000013108 5 100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 100%
1917 20 0.000009966 20 100%
1918 25 0.000011515 25 100%
1919 18 0.00000853 18 100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 100%
1924 25 0.000010497 25 100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 100%
1930 24 0.000010795 24 100%
1931 23 0.00001093 23 100%
1932 21 0.000009947 21 100%
1933 21 0.000010503 21 100%
1934 27 0.000013001 27 100%
1935 20 0.00000957 20 100%
1936 19 0.000009145 19 100%
1937 20 0.000009387 20 100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 100%
1940 17 0.000007383 17 100%
1941 16 0.000006567 16 100%
1942 20 0.000007321 20 100%
1943 18 0.000006377 18 100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 100%
1947 20 0.000005552 20 100%
1948 16 0.000004634 16 100%
1949 16 0.000004591 16 100%
1950 31 0.000008849 31 100%
1951 21 0.000005701 21 100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 100%
1953 16 0.000004152 16 100%
1954 17 0.000004271 17 100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 100%
1956 24 0.000005821 24 100%
1957 22 0.000005235 22 100%
1958 18 0.000004354 18 100%
1959 23 0.000005532 23 100%
1960 22 0.000005296 22 100%
1961 18 0.000004345 18 100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 100%
1963 15 0.00000379 15 100%
1964 19 0.000004887 19 100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%

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