Glendal
The Story of Glendal
American parents first put Glendal on the record books as a baby boy name in 1922, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1943, when 12 Glendals were born — ranking #2,182 that year. About 36% of every Glendal on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Glendal last appeared in the published SSA data in 1982, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 184 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Glendal
Glendal is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1922 and has accumulated 184 births in the dataset. Glendal's peak popularity came in 1943 when it ranked #2,182. Use the chart and map above to compare Glendal's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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