Glinda
Recorded 1931–2008 · United States
Glinda was most popular in 1951, when 142 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,285 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,547 people named Glinda.
Glinda over time
How old is the name Glinda?
Glinda first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1931, which makes it about 94 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 58 of the 95 years since. It was last recorded in 2008.
How many people are named Glinda?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,547 American births named Glinda between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,957 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Glinda in 2025?
Glinda was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Glinda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Glinda is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,547 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.
How old is someone named Glinda?
Roughly 1,957 Americans named Glinda are alive today — 77% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 71 years old, and half are between 64 and 76. That is a narrow band: Glinda arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Glinda is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org