Is Glenys a boy or girl name?

Glenys is a girl’s name. Of the 570 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Glenys

Recorded 1911–2009 · United States

Glenys was most popular in 1925, when 23 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,174 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 570 people named Glenys.

Glenys over time

Births per year. The dot marks Glenys’s peak in 1925. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Glenys a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Glenys is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 570 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org