Glyn

Boy · recorded 1912–2009

  • 2009last recorded
  • 1934best year

Most popular in 1934.

Last recorded in 2009. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Glyn.

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

0193819121936196119852009

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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 76 recorded years as a table
Glyn, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191219
191325
19148
191514
191617
191714
191817
191924
192026
192115
192219
192317
192426
192526
192624
192719
192815
192924
193018
193135
193225
193331
193438
193527
193623
193718
193821
193916
194019
194125
194224
194318
194417
194521
194613
194711
194815
194914
19509
195113
195212
195318
19548
195510
195611
195711
19588
195910
19609
19618
196211
19636
196411
19653
196610
19677
196810
19697
19708
19716
19727
19737
19764
19776
19785
19794
19803
19825
19834
19843
19854
19883
19893
19943
19983
20093

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Glyn 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 2009
5
Rank in 2009
#12,491
How rare
1 in 396,714 boys
Since 1912
1,383

Glyn was last recorded in 2009. 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 1934, at 38 per million boys born.

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

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