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How popular is “Glennis” in the USA?

Number of people named “Glennis” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Glennis” by birth year

This chart shows how “Glennis” 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
1912 12 0.000012145 12 100%
1913 16 0.000014071 8 8 0%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 100%
1916 30 0.000015509 22 8 47%
1917 39 0.000019434 29 10 49%
1918 29 0.000013357 24 5 66%
1919 32 0.000015164 32 100%
1920 33 0.000014585 28 5 70%
1921 39 0.000016706 32 7 64%
1922 48 0.000020968 40 8 67%
1923 44 0.00001911 36 8 64%
1924 49 0.000020574 42 7 71%
1925 44 0.000018857 31 13 41%
1926 48 0.000020907 36 12 50%
1927 35 0.00001509 26 9 49%
1928 57 0.000025211 45 12 58%
1929 54 0.000024633 41 13 52%
1930 45 0.00002024 40 5 78%
1931 46 0.000021859 29 17 26%
1932 49 0.000023209 29 20 18%
1933 41 0.000020506 30 11 46%
1934 41 0.000019742 28 13 37%
1935 54 0.000025839 41 13 52%
1936 68 0.00003273 55 13 62%
1937 52 0.000024405 39 13 50%
1938 72 0.000032541 51 21 42%
1939 74 0.000033584 60 14 62%
1940 57 0.000024754 42 15 47%
1941 47 0.000019291 33 14 40%
1942 57 0.000020865 44 13 54%
1943 54 0.000019132 39 15 44%
1944 56 0.000020817 40 16 43%
1945 47 0.000017716 28 19 19%
1946 51 0.000015961 38 13 49%
1947 80 0.000022208 62 18 55%
1948 61 0.000017668 36 25 18%
1949 79 0.00002267 54 25 37%
1950 59 0.000016841 41 18 39%
1951 61 0.000016559 38 23 25%
1952 40 0.000010532 27 13 35%
1953 52 0.000013494 41 11 58%
1954 54 0.000013565 39 15 44%
1955 50 0.000012453 41 9 64%
1956 53 0.000012855 27 26 2%
1957 29 0.000006901 20 9 38%
1958 29 0.000007015 14 15 -3%
1959 41 0.000009861 28 13 37%
1960 38 0.000009148 24 14 26%
1961 42 0.000010139 34 8 62%
1962 32 0.00000793 18 14 13%
1963 35 0.000008842 23 12 31%
1964 46 0.000011832 46 100%
1965 23 0.000006344 17 6 48%
1966 24 0.000006905 16 8 33%
1967 22 0.00000648 12 10 9%
1968 26 0.000007696 17 9 31%
1969 21 0.000006043 21 100%
1970 20 0.000005546 15 5 50%
1971 20 0.000005827 12 8 20%
1972 15 0.000004773 8 7 7%
1973 13 0.000004309 8 5 23%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 100%
1975 20 0.000006624 11 9 10%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 100%
1978 11 0.000003466 6 5 9%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 100%
1980 11 0.000003193 5 6 -9%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 100%
1986 10 0.000002811 5 5 0%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 100%

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