Glynis

Girl · recorded 1939–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1963best year

Most popular in 1963.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five girls 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 1939

07214419391956197419912008

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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 57 recorded years as a table
Glynis, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19395
19414
194210
19445
19464
19476
194810
19497
19506
19518
195220
195329
195436
195528
195653
195729
195815
195927
196018
196131
196259
1963144
1964121
196586
196660
196741
196830
196922
197026
197117
19729
197312
19749
19757
19769
19784
19794
19805
19815
19826
19835
19855
19866
19873
19884
19897
19906
19915
19925
19935
19957
19964
19973
20003
20023
20043
20083

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Glynis 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 2008
5
Rank in 2008
#17,504
How rare
1 in 378,187 girls
Since 1939
2,014

Glynis was last recorded in 2008. 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 1963, at 144 per million girls born.

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

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