girls:
25 births since 1982
#5691 (0th percentile)
boys:
16 births since 1941
#4570 (0th percentile)
overall:
41 births since 1941
#7698 (1st percentile)
The name Glenny is the #7,698 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 41 recorded births since 1941. This represents the 0.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,691 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 25 births since 1982. For boys, it ranks #4,570 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1941.
Glenny first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1941 (1941 for boys and 1982 for girls). Birth data for Glenny is available in 7 out of the 49 years between 1941 and 1989 (4 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Glenny has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (61.0% of all recorded births). In 1989, 100.0% of babies named Glenny were girls. Interestingly, until around 1982, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1941 to 1981), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1982 to 1989).
For girls, Glenny reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #821) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1989.
For boys, Glenny reached its peak popularity in 1954, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #615) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1941, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1958.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Glenny".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Glenny is pronounced as GLEH-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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