Glen Boy
How popular is Glen?
#2,020 boy name in 2025
74 baby boys were named Glen in the US in 2025, making it the 2020th most popular boy name.
Glen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,020 for boys (▲ 268 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 74 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,668 in 2015, #2,418 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1957 (2,924 boys) |
| Highest rank | #112 in 1931 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Glen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Glenn family of names ranked #994 for boys in 2025 (#993 the year before), with 198 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Glenn | 124 | 63% |
| Glen | 74 | 37% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Glen is most popular
Babies named Glen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Colorado: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Glen by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 437 | #194 |
| 1890s | 959 | #142 |
| 1900s | 1,337 | #145 |
| 1910s | 8,544 | #116 |
| 1920s | 14,965 | #115 |
| 1930s | 14,486 | #112 |
| 1940s | 16,553 | #127 |
| 1950s | 25,395 | #121 |
| 1960s | 21,877 | #129 |
| 1970s | 9,834 | #155 |
| 1980s | 5,331 | #312 |
| 1990s | 3,113 | #463 |
| 2000s | 1,525 | #764 |
| 2010s | 945 | #1,404 |
| 2020s | 405 | #1,815 |
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Questions
- Is Glen a boy or girl name?
- Glen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Glen were boys.
- How popular is the name Glen?
- 74 baby boys were named Glen in the US in 2025, making it the 2020th most popular boy name.
- When was Glen most popular?
- Glen peaked in 1957, when 2,924 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #112 in 1931.
- How many people are named Glen?
- 127,054 babies have been named Glen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 66,649 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 64.
- Where is Glen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Glen was most common in Colorado, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.