Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Glen

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Glen
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.9% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

2,925

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

97.9%

2024

All-time

125,629

Glen once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 2,925 boys were named Glen.

In 2024, only 61 boys were given the name.

Down 97.9% from its peak.

All told, about 125,629 Americans have been named Glen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.9% from peak

19572,925 boys named Glen

202461 boys named Glen

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