Glee

Girl · recorded 1893–1971

  • 1971last recorded
  • 1907best year

Most popular in 1907.

Last recorded in 1971. Fewer than five girls 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 Glee.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1893

0132518931913193219521971

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 65 recorded years as a table
Glee, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189323
189621
190219
190624
190725
190818
191114
191218
191324
191411
191512
191612
191716
191818
191914
192012
192116
19227
192312
192414
192512
19269
192713
19289
192918
193012
19319
19329
193310
193419
193511
193614
19379
193817
193912
194015
194116
194210
194310
194411
194512
194612
194713
19487
19494
195011
19515
19526
19539
19546
19557
19566
19576
19582
19593
19604
19619
19625
19643
19653
19665
19683
19694
19703
19713

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Glee 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
#8,324
How rare
1 in 332,764 girls
Since 1893
781

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

Most popular in 1907, at 25 per million girls born.

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

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