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How popular is “Glenn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Glenn” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Glenn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Glenn” 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 48 0.000238232 5 43 -79%
1881 50 0.000259487 5 45 -80%
1882 51 0.000230214 51 -100%
1883 70 0.000322661 5 65 -86%
1884 67 0.000275198 6 61 -82%
1885 77 0.000319696 9 68 -77%
1886 105 0.000411255 6 99 -89%
1887 91 0.000367837 5 86 -89%
1888 118 0.000394024 8 110 -86%
1889 110 0.000380694 7 103 -87%
1890 128 0.000424683 11 117 -83%
1891 150 0.000523244 12 138 -84%
1892 150 0.000448599 11 139 -85%
1893 138 0.000424324 7 131 -90%
1894 148 0.000436978 6 142 -92%
1895 173 0.000492849 23 150 -73%
1896 187 0.0005231 13 174 -86%
1897 181 0.000521678 10 171 -89%
1898 190 0.000498093 12 178 -87%
1899 173 0.000509972 12 161 -86%
1900 214 0.000475283 20 194 -81%
1901 190 0.000549431 10 180 -89%
1902 193 0.000499052 8 185 -92%
1903 203 0.000532529 5 198 -95%
1904 225 0.000557642 8 217 -93%
1905 203 0.000478862 14 189 -86%
1906 230 0.000536818 13 217 -89%
1907 241 0.000517845 7 234 -94%
1908 264 0.000540265 17 247 -87%
1909 271 0.0005301 10 261 -93%
1910 357 0.000604356 8 349 -96%
1911 355 0.000551004 12 343 -93%
1912 959 0.000970587 11 948 -98%
1913 1142 0.0010043 20 1122 -96%
1914 1348 0.000951746 21 1327 -97%
1915 1870 0.001020505 28 1842 -97%
1916 2004 0.001035971 34 1970 -97%
1917 2024 0.001008596 27 1997 -97%
1918 2281 0.001050614 28 2253 -98%
1919 2173 0.001029738 20 2153 -98%
1920 2401 0.001061148 26 2375 -98%
1921 2481 0.001062752 32 2449 -97%
1922 2444 0.001067642 19 2425 -98%
1923 2408 0.001045828 38 2370 -97%
1924 2617 0.001098837 31 2586 -98%
1925 2659 0.001139587 48 2611 -96%
1926 2662 0.001159456 27 2635 -98%
1927 2707 0.001167133 37 2670 -97%
1928 2631 0.001163676 28 2603 -98%
1929 2472 0.001127654 39 2433 -97%
1930 2799 0.001258946 41 2758 -97%
1931 2638 0.001253571 14 2624 -99%
1932 2453 0.001161848 18 2435 -99%
1933 2390 0.001195331 24 2366 -98%
1934 2367 0.001139725 26 2341 -98%
1935 2458 0.001176133 21 2437 -98%
1936 2346 0.0011292 18 2328 -98%
1937 2289 0.00107431 26 2263 -98%
1938 2382 0.001076574 15 2367 -99%
1939 2317 0.001051537 14 2303 -99%
1940 2480 0.001077004 15 2465 -99%
1941 2546 0.001044974 23 2523 -98%
1942 2912 0.001065957 24 2888 -98%
1943 3086 0.001093334 33 3053 -98%
1944 2867 0.001065768 17 2850 -99%
1945 2748 0.001035844 14 2734 -99%
1946 3917 0.00122586 25 3892 -99%
1947 5182 0.001438517 25 5157 -99%
1948 4775 0.001383049 35 4740 -99%
1949 5439 0.001560789 25 5414 -99%
1950 5496 0.001568781 31 5465 -99%
1951 5828 0.001582088 25 5803 -99%
1952 5965 0.001570561 21 5944 -99%
1953 5756 0.001493651 29 5727 -99%
1954 6260 0.001572585 20 6240 -99%
1955 6277 0.001563356 19 6258 -99%
1956 6233 0.00151175 37 6196 -99%
1957 6301 0.001499473 34 6267 -99%
1958 5488 0.001327559 27 5461 -99%
1959 5390 0.001296299 39 5351 -99%
1960 5587 0.001345029 22 5565 -99%
1961 6302 0.001521377 33 6269 -99%
1962 7391 0.001831554 33 7358 -99%
1963 5997 0.001515083 23 5974 -99%
1964 4774 0.001228005 22 4752 -99%
1965 4372 0.00120592 14 4358 -99%
1966 3692 0.001062246 25 3667 -99%
1967 3456 0.001017998 16 3440 -99%
1968 3259 0.000964654 14 3245 -99%
1969 3488 0.001003648 20 3468 -99%
1970 3031 0.000840424 23 3008 -98%
1971 2490 0.000725449 15 2475 -99%
1972 1995 0.000634745 15 1980 -98%
1973 1714 0.000568135 12 1702 -99%
1974 1561 0.000513487 19 1542 -98%
1975 1397 0.000462676 14 1383 -98%
1976 1323 0.000436015 6 1317 -99%
1977 1256 0.000395404 11 1245 -98%
1978 1128 0.000355402 7 1121 -99%
1979 1128 0.000339044 10 1118 -98%
1980 1154 0.000335026 11 1143 -98%
1981 1115 0.000322313 8 1107 -99%
1982 1096 0.000312432 8 1088 -99%
1983 1027 0.000296535 11 1016 -98%
1984 1028 0.000294661 5 1023 -99%
1985 1024 0.000286906 20 1004 -96%
1986 996 0.000280005 14 982 -97%
1987 998 0.000276791 10 988 -98%
1988 937 0.000253583 11 926 -98%
1989 930 0.000241907 18 912 -96%
1990 866 0.000219103 14 852 -97%
1991 855 0.000219497 12 843 -97%
1992 707 0.000184054 11 696 -97%
1993 670 0.000177706 17 653 -95%
1994 563 0.00015144 9 554 -97%
1995 538 0.000146908 9 529 -97%
1996 495 0.000135721 12 483 -95%
1997 472 0.00013018 11 461 -95%
1998 440 0.000119624 440 -100%
1999 409 0.000110724 12 397 -94%
2000 335 0.000088627 335 -100%
2001 307 0.000082011 5 302 -97%
2002 321 0.000085868 321 -100%
2003 296 0.000077847 296 -100%
2004 297 0.00007773 297 -100%
2005 261 0.000067883 261 -100%
2006 237 0.000059906 237 -100%
2007 260 0.000065038 260 -100%
2008 246 0.000062585 246 -100%
2009 175 0.000045809 175 -100%
2010 189 0.00005114 189 -100%
2011 163 0.000044562 163 -100%
2012 181 0.000049489 181 -100%
2013 163 0.000044711 163 -100%
2014 161 0.000043439 161 -100%
2015 165 0.000044584 165 -100%
2016 173 0.000047156 173 -100%
2017 142 0.000039707 142 -100%
2018 150 0.000042663 150 -100%
2019 127 0.00003659 127 -100%
2020 124 0.000037119 124 -100%
2021 125 0.000036895 125 -100%
2022 127 0.000037539 127 -100%
2023 110 0.000033221 110 -100%
2024 138 0.00004146 138 -100%

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