girls:
417 births since 1912
#5299 (7th percentile)
boys:
4.9k births since 1902
#1707 (63rd percentile)
overall:
5.4k births since 1902
#3728 (52nd percentile)
The name Glynn is the #3,728 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,361 recorded births since 1902. This represents the 51.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 51.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,707 (62.8% percentile) for all time with 4,944 births since 1902. For girls, it ranks #5,299 (7.3% percentile) for all time with 417 births since 1912.
Glynn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1902 (1902 for boys and 1912 for girls). Birth data for Glynn is available in 106 out of the 118 years between 1902 and 2019 (106 years for boys and 52 years for girls). 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 Glynn has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Glynn reached its peak popularity in 1950, achieving the 20.7% percentile (ranked #476) with 72 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 74 births per million (ranked 14.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2019.
For girls, Glynn reached its peak popularity in 1932, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #572) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1932, with 14 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1994.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Glynn".
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