Glendel

Boy · recorded 1927–1971

  • 1971last recorded
  • 1940best year

Most popular in 1940.

Last recorded in 1971. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1927

071419271938194919601971

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 19 recorded years as a table
Glendel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19277
19285
19305
19318
193211
193312
193410
19356
193612
19378
19395
194014
19415
19436
19445
19466
19493
19563
19713

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Glendel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1971
5
Rank in 1971
#4,907
How rare
1 in 353,689 boys
Since 1927
155

Glendel was last recorded in 1971. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1940, at 14 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Glendel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.