Glenn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GLEN
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,443 for boys
Glenn is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “valley”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,443rd for boys in the US (124 babies).
What does Glenn mean?
Scottish: from Gaelic gleann, via a Scottish surname
“valley”
From Gaelic gleann, 'valley', via a Scottish surname; bandleader Glenn Miller is a famous bearer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Glenn a girl's or a boy's name?
Glenn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 124 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Glenn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Glenn, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 125 boys.
Half of all the boys named Glenn in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2006. 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 Glenn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,523, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Glen 11
- Glenn 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#98), 1964 (#95) and 1974 (#97).
Glenn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 2 | #6,181 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,210 |
| 2007 | 27 | #991 |
| 2006 | 26 | #986 |
| 2005 | 24 | #997 |
| 2004 | 30 | #807 |
| 2003 | 36 | #668 |
| 2002 | 53 | #469 |
| 2001 | 41 | #542 |
| 2000 | 55 | #435 |
| 1999 | 53 | #458 |
| 1998 | 88 | #328 |
| 1997 | 115 | #274 |
| 1996 | 125 | #259 |
How popular is Glenn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,443among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 124about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 124 boys in the US were named Glenn, making it the 1,443rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,398th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 7,356 boys.
Half of all the boys named Glenn in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 198 boys in the US were given Glenn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #997, up from #1,443 for this spelling alone.
- Glenn 124
- Glen 74
Glenn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | #1,443 |
| 2024 | 139 | #1,359 |
| 2023 | 110 | #1,576 |
| 2022 | 127 | #1,433 |
| 2021 | 125 | #1,442 |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,398 |
| 2019 | 127 | #1,394 |
| 2018 | 150 | #1,234 |
| 2017 | 143 | #1,272 |
| 2016 | 173 | #1,124 |
| 2015 | 165 | #1,141 |
| 2014 | 161 | #1,166 |
| 2013 | 163 | #1,115 |
| 2012 | 181 | #1,052 |
| 2011 | 163 | #1,118 |
| 2010 | 189 | #1,023 |
| 2009 | 175 | #1,063 |
| 2008 | 246 | #865 |
| 2007 | 260 | #825 |
| 2006 | 237 | #847 |
| 2005 | 261 | #760 |
| 2004 | 297 | #677 |
| 2003 | 296 | #669 |
| 2002 | 321 | #616 |
| 2001 | 302 | #627 |
| 2000 | 335 | #591 |
| 1999 | 397 | #527 |
| 1998 | 440 | #495 |
| 1997 | 461 | #470 |
| 1996 | 483 | #455 |
| 1995 | 529 | #430 |
| 1994 | 554 | #411 |
| 1993 | 653 | #361 |
| 1992 | 696 | #343 |
| 1991 | 843 | #305 |
| 1990 | 852 | #296 |
| 1989 | 912 | #271 |
| 1988 | 926 | #254 |
| 1987 | 988 | #237 |
| 1986 | 982 | #236 |
| 1985 | 1,004 | #229 |
| 1984 | 1,023 | #221 |
| 1983 | 1,016 | #222 |
| 1982 | 1,088 | #218 |
| 1981 | 1,107 | #221 |
| 1980 | 1,143 | #215 |
| 1979 | 1,118 | #213 |
| 1978 | 1,120 | #200 |
| 1977 | 1,245 | #188 |
| 1976 | 1,317 | #176 |
| 1975 | 1,383 | #170 |
| 1974 | 1,542 | #158 |
| 1973 | 1,702 | #146 |
| 1972 | 1,979 | #134 |
| 1971 | 2,474 | #127 |
| 1970 | 3,008 | #109 |
| 1969 | 3,467 | #88 |
| 1968 | 3,246 | #92 |
| 1967 | 3,440 | #91 |
| 1966 | 3,668 | #90 |
| 1965 | 4,355 | #85 |
| 1964 | 4,752 | #81 |
| 1963 | 5,977 | #64 |
| 1962 | 7,356 | #55 |
| 1961 | 6,271 | #64 |
| 1960 | 5,563 | #74 |
| 1959 | 5,352 | #80 |
| 1958 | 5,462 | #76 |
| 1957 | 6,267 | #62 |
| 1956 | 6,196 | #61 |
| 1955 | 6,258 | #59 |
| 1954 | 6,240 | #63 |
| 1953 | 5,726 | #67 |
| 1952 | 5,945 | #61 |
| 1951 | 5,803 | #58 |
| 1950 | 5,465 | #59 |
| 1949 | 5,415 | #61 |
| 1948 | 4,740 | #73 |
| 1947 | 5,157 | #70 |
| 1946 | 3,892 | #81 |
| 1945 | 2,734 | #93 |
| 1944 | 2,849 | #88 |
| 1943 | 3,054 | #85 |
| 1942 | 2,888 | #88 |
| 1941 | 2,523 | #86 |
| 1940 | 2,465 | #83 |
| 1939 | 2,303 | #87 |
| 1938 | 2,367 | #83 |
| 1937 | 2,263 | #88 |
| 1936 | 2,328 | #80 |
| 1935 | 2,437 | #78 |
| 1934 | 2,341 | #81 |
| 1933 | 2,366 | #74 |
| 1932 | 2,435 | #77 |
| 1931 | 2,624 | #72 |
| 1930 | 2,758 | #71 |
| 1929 | 2,433 | #80 |
| 1928 | 2,603 | #76 |
| 1927 | 2,670 | #76 |
| 1926 | 2,635 | #75 |
| 1925 | 2,611 | #77 |
| 1924 | 2,586 | #79 |
| 1923 | 2,370 | #84 |
| 1922 | 2,425 | #79 |
| 1921 | 2,449 | #80 |
| 1920 | 2,375 | #80 |
| 1919 | 2,153 | #84 |
| 1918 | 2,253 | #84 |
| 1917 | 1,997 | #86 |
| 1916 | 1,970 | #84 |
| 1915 | 1,842 | #87 |
| 1914 | 1,327 | #91 |
| 1913 | 1,122 | #85 |
| 1912 | 948 | #84 |
| 1911 | 343 | #111 |
| 1910 | 349 | #97 |
| 1909 | 261 | #103 |
| 1908 | 247 | #103 |
| 1907 | 234 | #104 |
| 1906 | 217 | #98 |
| 1905 | 189 | #113 |
| 1904 | 217 | #99 |
| 1903 | 198 | #97 |
| 1902 | 185 | #106 |
| 1901 | 180 | #94 |
| 1900 | 194 | #118 |
| 1899 | 161 | #107 |
| 1898 | 178 | #108 |
| 1897 | 171 | #104 |
| 1896 | 174 | #107 |
| 1895 | 150 | #113 |
| 1894 | 142 | #114 |
| 1893 | 131 | #122 |
| 1892 | 139 | #121 |
| 1891 | 138 | #108 |
| 1890 | 117 | #123 |
| 1889 | 103 | #140 |
| 1888 | 110 | #139 |
| 1887 | 86 | #148 |
| 1886 | 99 | #136 |
| 1885 | 68 | #192 |
| 1884 | 61 | #213 |
| 1883 | 65 | #182 |
| 1882 | 51 | #231 |
| 1881 | 45 | #224 |
| 1880 | 43 | #252 |
Names like Glenn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
John James George Charles Thomas William David Robert Dean Jack Joseph Michael
Other spellings of Glenn
Names related to Glenn
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox
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, “Glenn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/glenn, updated 20 October 2026.