The name Glen is of Irish origin, and means narrow valley.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Glen has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Glen
Use of the Name Glen for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
123,427
54,459
9,174
1,961
749
165
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Glen has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Glen last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 2003, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Glen
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
351
24
1881
286
31
1882
336
27
1883
320
27
1884
252
47
1885
246
45
1886
245
49
1887
218
52
1888
196
77
1889
219
58
1890
195
68
1891
157
85
1892
152
106
1893
190
77
1894
143
108
1895
151
102
1896
146
113
1897
176
88
1898
154
111
1899
150
101
1900
156
134
1901
151
105
1902
149
123
1903
152
121
1904
159
119
1905
157
129
1906
165
120
1907
151
150
1908
149
158
1909
145
178
1910
166
183
1911
145
230
1912
139
458
1913
129
605
1914
123
852
1915
122
1,112
1916
122
1,160
1917
122
1,233
1918
125
1,320
1919
116
1,390
1920
122
1,416
1921
119
1,502
1922
123
1,386
1923
122
1,442
1924
118
1,523
1925
117
1,539
1926
121
1,517
1927
115
1,615
1928
114
1,588
1929
122
1,428
1930
115
1,587
1931
112
1,565
1932
118
1,464
1933
124
1,332
1934
119
1,441
1935
124
1,395
1936
120
1,438
1937
122
1,359
1938
121
1,457
1939
123
1,427
1940
130
1,435
1941
138
1,411
1942
144
1,417
1943
146
1,436
1944
146
1,453
1945
147
1,397
1946
145
1,666
1947
137
2,069
1948
133
2,044
1949
127
2,188
1950
125
2,174
1951
127
2,213
1952
121
2,488
1953
129
2,386
1954
131
2,494
1955
131
2,481
1956
125
2,711
1957
129
2,926
1958
131
2,777
1959
133
2,699
1960
144
2,440
1961
134
2,681
1962
128
2,833
1963
143
2,354
1964
154
2,124
1965
150
2,069
1966
161
1,746
1967
157
1,712
1968
162
1,672
1969
135
2,240
1970
155
1,994
1971
174
1,529
1972
202
1,151
1973
241
867
1974
244
817
1975
250
808
1976
260
753
1977
293
663
1978
291
654
1979
321
584
1980
319
599
1981
311
609
1982
329
580
1983
344
526
1984
338
549
1985
362
507
1986
393
463
1987
379
506
1988
394
502
1989
428
482
1990
464
448
1991
484
415
1992
525
370
1993
554
336
1994
575
321
1995
591
301
1996
647
258
1997
685
235
1998
740
218
1999
781
200
2000
774
213
2001
843
191
2002
894
180
2003
964
165
Totals:
123,427
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Glen as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Glen appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 124 times during the last 125 years.