Glenda is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1950 and has since faded.
Glenda is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,987 for girl births in the United States (and #10,399 across all names), given to 20 babies. Glenda first appears in 1900 and peaked in 1950 (4,215 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | #5,987 | — |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | #5,353 | — |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | #5,449 | — |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | #6,542 | — |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | #4,888 | — |
| 2020 | 24 | 24 | #5,215 | — |
| 2019 | 22 | 22 | #5,674 | — |
| 2018 | 24 | 24 | #5,369 | — |
| 2017 | 24 | 24 | #5,423 | — |
| 2016 | 33 | 33 | #4,377 | — |
| 2015 | 27 | 27 | #5,029 | — |
| 2014 | 30 | 30 | #4,693 | — |
| 2013 | 32 | 32 | #4,461 | — |
| 2012 | 39 | 39 | #3,945 | — |
| 2011 | 48 | 48 | #3,370 | — |
| 2010 | 46 | 46 | #3,480 | — |
| 2009 | 57 | 57 | #3,015 | — |
| 2008 | 61 | 61 | #2,899 | — |
| 2007 | 75 | 75 | #2,494 | — |
| 2006 | 72 | 72 | #2,542 | — |
| 2005 | 89 | 89 | #2,095 | — |
| 2004 | 66 | 66 | #2,537 | — |
| 2003 | 90 | 90 | #2,008 | — |
| 2002 | 95 | 95 | #1,874 | — |
| 2001 | 86 | 91 | #1,984 | — |
| 2000 | 96 | 109 | #1,805 | — |
| 1999 | 86 | 92 | #1,850 | — |
| 1998 | 112 | 122 | #1,511 | — |
| 1997 | 118 | — | #1,414 | — |
| 1996 | 124 | — | #1,360 | — |
| 1995 | 135 | — | #1,256 | — |
| 1994 | 137 | — | #1,253 | — |
| 1993 | 143 | — | #1,213 | — |
| 1992 | 179 | — | #1,037 | — |
| 1991 | 165 | — | #1,090 | — |
| 1990 | 175 | — | #1,030 | — |
| 1989 | 205 | — | #898 | — |
| 1988 | 172 | — | #969 | — |
| 1987 | 183 | — | #909 | — |
| 1986 | 198 | — | #842 | — |
| 1985 | 213 | — | #785 | — |
| 1984 | 232 | — | #713 | — |
| 1983 | 285 | — | #613 | — |
| 1982 | 323 | — | #568 | — |
| 1981 | 310 | — | #593 | — |
| 1980 | 327 | — | #567 | — |
| 1979 | 297 | — | #604 | — |
| 1978 | 362 | — | #516 | — |
| 1977 | 403 | — | #477 | — |
| 1976 | 455 | — | #436 | — |
| 1975 | 444 | — | #443 | — |
| 1974 | 509 | — | #398 | — |
| 1973 | 566 | — | #372 | — |
| 1972 | 613 | — | #359 | — |
| 1971 | 782 | — | #333 | — |
| 1970 | 893 | — | #312 | — |
| 1969 | 943 | — | #298 | — |
| 1968 | 998 | — | #272 | — |
| 1967 | 1,110 | — | #252 | — |
| 1966 | 1,373 | — | #221 | #3,677 |
| 1965 | 1,519 | — | #217 | #4,122 |
| 1964 | 1,869 | — | #198 | #3,772 |
| 1963 | 2,059 | — | #187 | #3,154 |
| 1962 | 2,464 | — | #166 | #3,428 |
| 1961 | 2,610 | — | #159 | #2,780 |
| 1960 | 2,699 | — | #158 | #2,752 |
| 1959 | 2,846 | — | #148 | #3,398 |
| 1958 | 2,993 | — | #141 | #2,418 |
| 1957 | 3,208 | — | #134 | #3,113 |
| 1956 | 3,253 | — | #134 | #3,055 |
| 1955 | 3,355 | — | #128 | #2,483 |
| 1954 | 3,742 | — | #114 | #3,037 |
| 1953 | 3,661 | — | #105 | #3,572 |
| 1952 | 3,890 | — | #97 | #2,586 |
| 1951 | 4,142 | — | #89 | #3,178 |
| 1950 | 4,224 | — | #87 | #2,652 |
| 1949 | 3,987 | — | #87 | #2,268 |
| 1948 | 3,845 | — | #92 | #2,057 |
| 1947 | 4,163 | — | #96 | #3,191 |
| 1946 | 3,576 | — | #99 | #2,782 |
| 1945 | 2,973 | — | #92 | #2,306 |
| 1944 | 3,377 | — | #79 | #2,366 |
| 1943 | 3,422 | — | #83 | #1,662 |
| 1942 | 3,106 | — | #89 | #1,763 |
| 1941 | 2,654 | — | #96 | #2,255 |
| 1940 | 2,362 | — | #107 | #2,559 |
| 1939 | 2,294 | — | #112 | #2,695 |
| 1938 | 1,969 | — | #123 | #2,246 |
| 1937 | 1,550 | — | #146 | #1,944 |
| 1936 | 1,366 | — | #150 | — |
| 1935 | 1,151 | — | #169 | #3,080 |
| 1934 | 921 | — | #194 | — |
| 1933 | 680 | — | #232 | — |
| 1932 | 288 | — | #387 | — |
| 1931 | 230 | — | #428 | — |
| 1930 | 181 | — | #495 | — |
| 1929 | 184 | — | #497 | — |
| 1928 | 184 | — | #508 | — |
| 1927 | 162 | — | #556 | — |
| 1926 | 167 | — | #541 | — |
| 1925 | 143 | — | #611 | — |
| 1924 | 150 | — | #613 | — |
| 1923 | 123 | — | #670 | — |
| 1922 | 117 | — | #675 | — |
| 1921 | 117 | — | #687 | — |
| 1920 | 110 | — | #697 | — |
| 1919 | 78 | — | #798 | — |
| 1918 | 87 | — | #766 | — |
| 1917 | 81 | — | #769 | — |
| 1916 | 64 | — | #850 | — |
| 1915 | 68 | — | #800 | — |
| 1914 | 52 | — | #808 | — |
| 1913 | 48 | — | #761 | — |
| 1912 | 39 | — | #798 | — |
| 1911 | 26 | — | #843 | — |
| 1910 | 10 | — | #1,563 | — |
| 1909 | 15 | — | #1,077 | — |
| 1908 | 13 | — | #1,161 | — |
| 1907 | 10 | — | #1,331 | — |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #2,062 | — |
| 1905 | 11 | — | #1,203 | — |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,746 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #2,046 | — |