Glendell
The Story of Glendell
As a girl name
American parents first put Glendell on the record books as a girl name in 1935, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1957, when 9 Glendells were born — ranking #4,201 that year. About 48% of every Glendell on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Glendell last appeared in the published SSA data in 1965, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 92 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Glendell on the record books as a boy name in 1915, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1939, when 18 Glendells were born — ranking #1,578 that year. About 24% of every Glendell on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Glendell last appeared in the published SSA data in 1989, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 491 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Glendell
Glendell is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 491 births in the dataset. Glendell's peak popularity came in 1939 when it ranked #1,578. Use the chart and map above to compare Glendell'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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