Glendon
Boy · GLEN-den · Scottish
Glendon is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “fort in the glen”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Glendon mean?
Scottish: surname from a Gaelic place name
“fort in the glen”
- Say it
- GLEN-den
Is Glendon a girl's or a boy's name?
Glendon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Glendon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Glendon, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1975, with 118 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the boys named Glendon in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
Glendon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,165 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,693 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,932 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 31 | #1,814 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 41 | #1,464 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,508 |
| 1977 | 45 | #1,356 |
| 1976 | 59 | #1,100 |
| 1975 | 118 | #764 |
| 1974 | 37 | #1,409 |
| 1973 | 34 | #1,464 |
| 1972 | 21 | #1,966 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,559 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,545 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,483 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1964 | 34 | #1,349 |
| 1963 | 44 | #1,164 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,241 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,120 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,138 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,279 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,264 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,164 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,139 |
| 1955 | 47 | #1,090 |
| 1954 | 60 | #951 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,024 |
| 1952 | 53 | #980 |
| 1951 | 59 | #914 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,073 |
| 1949 | 60 | #884 |
| 1948 | 59 | #890 |
| 1947 | 62 | #885 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,045 |
| 1945 | 49 | #916 |
| 1944 | 58 | #824 |
| 1943 | 66 | #808 |
| 1942 | 61 | #834 |
| 1941 | 67 | #758 |
| 1940 | 58 | #818 |
| 1939 | 50 | #867 |
| 1938 | 68 | #742 |
| 1937 | 64 | #764 |
| 1936 | 64 | #756 |
| 1935 | 61 | #790 |
| 1934 | 73 | #716 |
| 1933 | 86 | #624 |
| 1932 | 79 | #691 |
| 1931 | 69 | #742 |
| 1930 | 71 | #755 |
| 1929 | 66 | #794 |
| 1928 | 96 | #629 |
| 1927 | 74 | #762 |
| 1926 | 86 | #683 |
| 1925 | 73 | #772 |
| 1924 | 93 | #671 |
| 1923 | 84 | #706 |
| 1922 | 84 | #714 |
| 1921 | 77 | #760 |
| 1920 | 91 | #667 |
| 1919 | 65 | #811 |
| 1918 | 53 | #909 |
| 1917 | 75 | #699 |
| 1916 | 52 | #877 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 1914 | 34 | #949 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,146 |
| 1912 | 23 | #935 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,116 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
Nicknames for Glendon
- Glen 11 boys in the UK in 2025
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