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Glen

Pronounced /ɡlɛn/

Rank in 2024
#2,320
Born in 2024
61
Peak year
1957 · #129
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 61 boys were named Glen, about 1 in every 28,120.
  • It peaked in 1957 with 2,925 babies, ranked #129.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 125,629 boys have been named Glen since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Glen per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 1.3
    Greatest
  2. 1.3
    Silent
  3. 1.2
    Boomers
  4. 0.7
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 21,690 babies, 1.30 per 1,000. Silent: 26,064 babies, 1.26 per 1,000. Boomers: 45,834 babies, 1.22 per 1,000. Gen X: 19,868 babies, 0.73 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,185 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,493 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 965 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ɡlɛn/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Glen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Glenn

    Rank
    #1,366
    Born '24
    138
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19622024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Galen

    Rank
    #2,767
    Born '24
    47
    Origin
    Ancient Greek
    1880peak 19492024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Glynn

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19502024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Gaylen

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19492024