as a First Name
Variant spelling of Glen, occasionally used as a girl's name, as in the case of the American actress Glenn Close (b. 1947). A meaning of the name Glenn is From the wooded valley.
| 261st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 236,257
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 239,552
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Glenn per capita
- 1962
- marked the height of its popularity
0.02%
99.98%
50%
55+
55+
42%
30-54
30-54
5%
13-29
13-29
2%
0-12
0-12
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