Glenny
The Story of Glenny
As a girl name
American parents first put Glenny on the record books as a girl name in 1982, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1983, when 8 Glennys were born — ranking #7,310 that year. Glenny last appeared in the published SSA data in 1989, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 25 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Glenny as a boy name dates back to 1941, when 5 babies received it. 1954 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Glenny — #3,452 in the national rankings. About 69% of every Glenny on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Glenny last appeared in the published SSA data in 1958, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Glenny
Glenny is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 25 births in the dataset. Glenny's peak popularity came in 1983 when it ranked #7,310. Use the chart and map above to compare Glenny'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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