How popular is the name Glenda?

Glenda ranks 338th among girls' names in US records, with 109,534 births since 1900. Over the past decade it accounts for 246.

Is Glenda a unisex name?

No. Glenda is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1950, when 4,215 children were given the name. It has been in use for 125 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#338 of girl names

Pronounced G L EH1 N D AH0 (ARPABET)

Glenda is a girls' name, and first appears in 1900. It has been given to 109,534 children — the 338th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 246 births across the past decade, against a peak of 4,215 in a single year. That peak was in 1950.

1950Girls: 4,215Boys: 9

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Glenda?: Glenda ranks 338th among girls' names in US records, with 109,534 births since 1900. Over the past decade it accounts for 246.
Is Glenda a unisex name?: No. Glenda is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Glenda most popular?: 1950, when 4,215 children were given the name. It has been in use for 125 years and is still recorded as of 2024.