Glenda
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Glenda is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “holy, fair”. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Glenda mean?
Welsh
“holy, fair”
A female given name from Welsh.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Glenda a girl's or a boy's name?
Glenda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Glenda in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 5 girls.
Glenda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Glenda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Glenda, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 1950, with 4,215 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the girls named Glenda in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Glenda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,349 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,999 |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,886 |
| 2007 | 75 | #2,485 |
| 2006 | 72 | #2,538 |
| 2005 | 89 | #2,087 |
| 2004 | 66 | #2,523 |
| 2003 | 90 | #2,000 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,864 |
| 2001 | 86 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 96 | #1,797 |
| 1999 | 86 | #1,841 |
| 1998 | 112 | #1,506 |
| 1997 | 118 | #1,410 |
| 1996 | 124 | #1,356 |
| 1995 | 135 | #1,251 |
| 1994 | 137 | #1,248 |
| 1993 | 143 | #1,209 |
| 1992 | 179 | #1,035 |
| 1991 | 165 | #1,087 |
| 1990 | 175 | #1,027 |
| 1989 | 205 | #894 |
| 1988 | 172 | #967 |
| 1987 | 183 | #908 |
| 1986 | 198 | #841 |
| 1985 | 213 | #785 |
| 1984 | 232 | #713 |
| 1983 | 285 | #613 |
| 1982 | 323 | #568 |
| 1981 | 310 | #593 |
| 1980 | 327 | #567 |
| 1979 | 297 | #603 |
| 1978 | 362 | #515 |
| 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 | 1,367 | #221 |
| 1965 | 1,514 | #217 |
| 1964 | 1,863 | #198 |
| 1963 | 2,051 | #187 |
| 1962 | 2,457 | #166 |
| 1961 | 2,600 | #159 |
| 1960 | 2,689 | #158 |
| 1959 | 2,839 | #148 |
| 1958 | 2,981 | #141 |
| 1957 | 3,200 | #134 |
| 1956 | 3,245 | #134 |
| 1955 | 3,344 | #128 |
| 1954 | 3,734 | #114 |
| 1953 | 3,655 | #105 |
| 1952 | 3,880 | #97 |
| 1951 | 4,135 | #89 |
| 1950 | 4,215 | #87 |
| 1949 | 3,975 | #87 |
| 1948 | 3,831 | #92 |
| 1947 | 4,156 | #96 |
| 1946 | 3,568 | #99 |
| 1945 | 2,963 | #92 |
| 1944 | 3,367 | #79 |
| 1943 | 3,403 | #83 |
| 1942 | 3,089 | #89 |
| 1941 | 2,643 | #96 |
| 1940 | 2,353 | #107 |
| 1939 | 2,286 | #112 |
| 1938 | 1,958 | #123 |
| 1937 | 1,536 | #146 |
| 1936 | 1,366 | #150 |
| 1935 | 1,144 | #169 |
| 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 | #539 |
| 1925 | 143 | #609 |
| 1924 | 150 | #613 |
| 1923 | 123 | #669 |
| 1922 | 117 | #674 |
| 1921 | 117 | #684 |
| 1920 | 110 | #697 |
| 1919 | 78 | #797 |
| 1918 | 87 | #766 |
| 1917 | 81 | #766 |
| 1916 | 64 | #848 |
| 1915 | 68 | #798 |
| 1914 | 52 | #802 |
| 1913 | 48 | #758 |
| 1912 | 39 | #795 |
| 1911 | 26 | #838 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,052 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,135 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,162 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
Names like Glenda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bonnie, Billie, Martha, Darla, Betsy, Lana, Nancy, Lara, Georgia, Sara, Laura, Connie
Names related to Glenda
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Glenda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/glenda, updated 20 October 2026.