Glinda is an uncommon variant of Glenda that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Glinda is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2008. Glinda first appears in 1931 and peaked in 1951 (142 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #18,486 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #10,978 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | #9,565 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | #7,928 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #9,107 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #9,953 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | #9,714 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | #9,522 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #11,059 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #9,481 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | #5,329 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | #10,733 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | #6,093 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #6,521 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | #4,982 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #7,423 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | #4,301 |
| 1973 | 20 | — | #3,269 |
| 1972 | 19 | — | #3,314 |
| 1971 | 22 | — | #3,089 |
| 1970 | 25 | — | #2,804 |
| 1969 | 31 | — | #2,312 |
| 1968 | 35 | — | #2,033 |
| 1967 | 31 | — | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 41 | — | #1,777 |
| 1965 | 41 | — | #1,777 |
| 1964 | 35 | — | #2,027 |
| 1963 | 57 | — | #1,483 |
| 1962 | 48 | — | #1,636 |
| 1961 | 80 | — | #1,236 |
| 1960 | 61 | — | #1,411 |
| 1959 | 83 | — | #1,167 |
| 1958 | 91 | — | #1,108 |
| 1957 | 84 | — | #1,155 |
| 1956 | 90 | — | #1,093 |
| 1955 | 128 | — | #859 |
| 1954 | 106 | — | #936 |
| 1953 | 118 | — | #864 |
| 1952 | 126 | — | #808 |
| 1951 | 142 | — | #734 |
| 1950 | 124 | — | #778 |
| 1949 | 115 | — | #816 |
| 1948 | 113 | — | #818 |
| 1947 | 113 | — | #827 |
| 1946 | 73 | — | #981 |
| 1945 | 62 | — | #982 |
| 1944 | 67 | — | #951 |
| 1943 | 58 | — | #1,053 |
| 1942 | 44 | — | #1,198 |
| 1941 | 36 | — | #1,279 |
| 1940 | 18 | — | #1,921 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | #1,828 |
| 1938 | 12 | — | #2,489 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | #2,817 |
| 1936 | 11 | — | #2,582 |
| 1935 | 10 | — | #2,810 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | #3,923 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | #3,640 |