Glenna
Glenna is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Glenna Avila, American artist Glenna Cabello, Venezuelan political scientist Glenna Collett-Vare (1903–1989), American amateur golfer Glenna Gallo, American educator Glenna Goodacre, (1939–2020), American sculptor Glenna Gordon, American photojournalist Glenna Hansen, Inuvialuit Canadian politician G.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Glenna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Glenna is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Glenna Avila, American artist Glenna Cabello, Venezuelan political scientist Glenna Collett-Vare (1903–1989), American amateur golfer Glenna Gallo, American educator Glenna Goodacre, (1939–2020), American sculptor Glenna Gordon, American photojournalist Glenna Hansen, Inuvialuit Canadian politician G.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Glenna
Glenna first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1951: 645 births, good for #310 nationwide. About 20% of every Glenna on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Glenna last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 26K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Glenna
Glenna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 26K births in the dataset. Glenna's peak popularity came in 1951 when it ranked #310. Use the chart and map above to compare Glenna'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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