Glenna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GLEN-a
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Glenna is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “valley, glen”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Glenna mean?
Scottish: feminine of Glenn
“valley, glen”
A feminine form of Glenn, from Scottish Gaelic gleann, 'valley'.
Is Glenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Glenna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Glenna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Glenna, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1951, with 645 girls.
Half of all the girls named Glenna in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
Glenna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,837 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,952 |
| 1989 | 52 | #2,273 |
| 1988 | 49 | #2,269 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,064 |
| 1986 | 51 | #2,078 |
| 1985 | 47 | #2,202 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,298 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,309 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,220 |
| 1981 | 49 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,785 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,893 |
| 1977 | 77 | #1,440 |
| 1976 | 85 | #1,286 |
| 1975 | 99 | #1,162 |
| 1974 | 87 | #1,252 |
| 1973 | 91 | #1,185 |
| 1972 | 117 | #1,006 |
| 1971 | 143 | #911 |
| 1970 | 132 | #961 |
| 1969 | 142 | #881 |
| 1968 | 137 | #879 |
| 1967 | 161 | #779 |
| 1966 | 152 | #803 |
| 1965 | 164 | #774 |
| 1964 | 210 | #714 |
| 1963 | 241 | #651 |
| 1962 | 298 | #570 |
| 1961 | 258 | #633 |
| 1960 | 286 | #585 |
| 1959 | 297 | #567 |
| 1958 | 310 | #553 |
| 1957 | 324 | #532 |
| 1956 | 404 | #457 |
| 1955 | 461 | #409 |
| 1954 | 521 | #378 |
| 1953 | 539 | #364 |
| 1952 | 583 | #341 |
| 1951 | 645 | #310 |
| 1950 | 600 | #317 |
| 1949 | 567 | #327 |
| 1948 | 587 | #321 |
| 1947 | 613 | #312 |
| 1946 | 530 | #323 |
| 1945 | 453 | #318 |
| 1944 | 512 | #298 |
| 1943 | 500 | #311 |
| 1942 | 489 | #309 |
| 1941 | 463 | #299 |
| 1940 | 463 | #294 |
| 1939 | 456 | #292 |
| 1938 | 463 | #291 |
| 1937 | 499 | #277 |
| 1936 | 425 | #296 |
| 1935 | 479 | #278 |
| 1934 | 516 | #270 |
| 1933 | 504 | #276 |
| 1932 | 515 | #273 |
| 1931 | 564 | #256 |
| 1930 | 555 | #268 |
| 1929 | 477 | #305 |
| 1928 | 519 | #289 |
| 1927 | 429 | #325 |
| 1926 | 467 | #306 |
| 1925 | 410 | #329 |
| 1924 | 399 | #337 |
| 1923 | 391 | #327 |
| 1922 | 330 | #365 |
| 1921 | 328 | #371 |
| 1920 | 268 | #406 |
| 1919 | 275 | #390 |
| 1918 | 276 | #393 |
| 1917 | 249 | #401 |
| 1916 | 221 | #420 |
| 1915 | 185 | #453 |
| 1914 | 149 | #449 |
| 1913 | 113 | #472 |
| 1912 | 97 | #485 |
| 1911 | 72 | #487 |
| 1910 | 66 | #500 |
| 1909 | 62 | #477 |
| 1908 | 52 | #503 |
| 1907 | 41 | #572 |
| 1906 | 49 | #492 |
| 1905 | 46 | #497 |
| 1904 | 53 | #445 |
| 1903 | 50 | #451 |
| 1902 | 41 | #490 |
| 1901 | 32 | #538 |
| 1900 | 45 | #504 |
| 1899 | 51 | #408 |
| 1898 | 45 | #461 |
| 1897 | 51 | #408 |
| 1896 | 43 | #440 |
| 1895 | 38 | #471 |
| 1894 | 24 | #597 |
| 1893 | 32 | #473 |
| 1892 | 26 | #540 |
| 1891 | 19 | #608 |
| 1890 | 24 | #538 |
| 1889 | 20 | #567 |
| 1888 | 25 | #503 |
| 1887 | 16 | #560 |
| 1886 | 15 | #572 |
| 1885 | 22 | #446 |
| 1884 | 9 | #731 |
| 1883 | 10 | #615 |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
| 1880 | 7 | #679 |
Names like Glenna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Martha, Bonnie, Loretta, Della, Myra, Alma, Georgia, Vera, Clara, Lenora, Flora, Laura
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas
Sources
Figures from 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, “Glenna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/glenna, updated 20 October 2026.