Glen
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Glen is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “valley”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 2,020th for boys in the US (74 babies).
What does Glen mean?
Scottish: from Scottish Gaelic gleann, via a surname
“valley”
From the Scottish Gaelic gleann, a narrow valley, via a surname.
- Say it
- GLEN
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Is Glen a girl's or a boy's name?
Glen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 74 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Glen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Glen, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 140 boys.
Half of all the boys named Glen in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were given Glen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,523, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Glen 11
- Glenn 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#77).
Glen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,445 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 32 | #937 |
| 2008 | 41 | #780 |
| 2007 | 34 | #858 |
| 2006 | 33 | #842 |
| 2005 | 50 | #590 |
| 2004 | 60 | #490 |
| 2003 | 75 | #392 |
| 2002 | 61 | #418 |
| 2001 | 74 | #381 |
| 2000 | 70 | #379 |
| 1999 | 78 | #357 |
| 1998 | 124 | #262 |
| 1997 | 111 | #280 |
| 1996 | 140 | #244 |
How popular is Glen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,020among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 74about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 74 boys in the US were named Glen, making it the 2,020th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,418th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 2,924 boys.
Half of all the boys named Glen in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 198 boys in the US were given Glen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #997, up from #2,020 for this spelling alone.
- Glenn 124
- Glen 74
Glen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #2,020 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,288 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,082 |
| 2021 | 86 | #1,815 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,418 |
| 2019 | 74 | #1,973 |
| 2018 | 78 | #1,900 |
| 2017 | 99 | #1,612 |
| 2016 | 84 | #1,799 |
| 2015 | 94 | #1,668 |
| 2014 | 105 | #1,526 |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,546 |
| 2012 | 97 | #1,601 |
| 2011 | 118 | #1,404 |
| 2010 | 94 | #1,652 |
| 2009 | 119 | #1,413 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,445 |
| 2007 | 131 | #1,311 |
| 2006 | 126 | #1,306 |
| 2005 | 129 | #1,224 |
| 2004 | 147 | #1,079 |
| 2003 | 166 | #968 |
| 2002 | 182 | #890 |
| 2001 | 194 | #836 |
| 2000 | 217 | #764 |
| 1999 | 204 | #775 |
| 1998 | 218 | #739 |
| 1997 | 237 | #681 |
| 1996 | 259 | #646 |
| 1995 | 301 | #590 |
| 1994 | 321 | #572 |
| 1993 | 337 | #552 |
| 1992 | 370 | #526 |
| 1991 | 416 | #484 |
| 1990 | 450 | #463 |
| 1989 | 480 | #428 |
| 1988 | 507 | #390 |
| 1987 | 505 | #381 |
| 1986 | 463 | #393 |
| 1985 | 510 | #360 |
| 1984 | 550 | #340 |
| 1983 | 527 | #344 |
| 1982 | 581 | #330 |
| 1981 | 609 | #312 |
| 1980 | 599 | #319 |
| 1979 | 586 | #320 |
| 1978 | 653 | #291 |
| 1977 | 667 | #293 |
| 1976 | 751 | #261 |
| 1975 | 808 | #250 |
| 1974 | 818 | #244 |
| 1973 | 867 | #242 |
| 1972 | 1,153 | #202 |
| 1971 | 1,534 | #174 |
| 1970 | 1,997 | #155 |
| 1969 | 2,241 | #136 |
| 1968 | 1,667 | #162 |
| 1967 | 1,710 | #157 |
| 1966 | 1,750 | #161 |
| 1965 | 2,068 | #149 |
| 1964 | 2,124 | #154 |
| 1963 | 2,357 | #143 |
| 1962 | 2,831 | #129 |
| 1961 | 2,686 | #135 |
| 1960 | 2,443 | #143 |
| 1959 | 2,693 | #134 |
| 1958 | 2,798 | #131 |
| 1957 | 2,924 | #129 |
| 1956 | 2,720 | #125 |
| 1955 | 2,490 | #131 |
| 1954 | 2,496 | #131 |
| 1953 | 2,389 | #129 |
| 1952 | 2,492 | #121 |
| 1951 | 2,220 | #127 |
| 1950 | 2,173 | #125 |
| 1949 | 2,203 | #127 |
| 1948 | 2,047 | #133 |
| 1947 | 2,070 | #138 |
| 1946 | 1,677 | #143 |
| 1945 | 1,395 | #148 |
| 1944 | 1,451 | #147 |
| 1943 | 1,445 | #146 |
| 1942 | 1,421 | #144 |
| 1941 | 1,410 | #139 |
| 1940 | 1,434 | #130 |
| 1939 | 1,428 | #123 |
| 1938 | 1,464 | #121 |
| 1937 | 1,357 | #122 |
| 1936 | 1,441 | #119 |
| 1935 | 1,396 | #124 |
| 1934 | 1,442 | #120 |
| 1933 | 1,335 | #124 |
| 1932 | 1,465 | #118 |
| 1931 | 1,563 | #112 |
| 1930 | 1,595 | #114 |
| 1929 | 1,427 | #123 |
| 1928 | 1,595 | #115 |
| 1927 | 1,617 | #115 |
| 1926 | 1,519 | #121 |
| 1925 | 1,537 | #117 |
| 1924 | 1,518 | #118 |
| 1923 | 1,450 | #121 |
| 1922 | 1,384 | #123 |
| 1921 | 1,506 | #119 |
| 1920 | 1,412 | #122 |
| 1919 | 1,389 | #116 |
| 1918 | 1,318 | #125 |
| 1917 | 1,235 | #122 |
| 1916 | 1,156 | #122 |
| 1915 | 1,112 | #123 |
| 1914 | 853 | #123 |
| 1913 | 606 | #129 |
| 1912 | 460 | #139 |
| 1911 | 231 | #145 |
| 1910 | 184 | #165 |
| 1909 | 178 | #145 |
| 1908 | 158 | #149 |
| 1907 | 150 | #150 |
| 1906 | 120 | #164 |
| 1905 | 128 | #157 |
| 1904 | 120 | #157 |
| 1903 | 121 | #152 |
| 1902 | 123 | #149 |
| 1901 | 105 | #150 |
| 1900 | 134 | #155 |
| 1899 | 101 | #150 |
| 1898 | 111 | #154 |
| 1897 | 88 | #175 |
| 1896 | 113 | #145 |
| 1895 | 102 | #151 |
| 1894 | 108 | #142 |
| 1893 | 77 | #189 |
| 1892 | 106 | #151 |
| 1891 | 85 | #157 |
| 1890 | 68 | #194 |
| 1889 | 58 | #219 |
| 1888 | 77 | #194 |
| 1887 | 52 | #218 |
| 1886 | 49 | #243 |
| 1885 | 45 | #245 |
| 1884 | 47 | #251 |
| 1883 | 27 | #318 |
| 1882 | 27 | #332 |
| 1881 | 31 | #286 |
| 1880 | 24 | #350 |
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