Glynis
Recorded 1939–2008 · United States
Glynis was most popular in 1963, when 283 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,041 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,024 people named Glynis.
Glynis over time
How old is the name Glynis?
Glynis first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1939, which makes it about 86 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 57 of the 87 years since. It was last recorded in 2008.
How many people are named Glynis?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,024 American births named Glynis 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 1,772 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Glynis in 2025?
Glynis 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 Glynis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Glynis is a girl’s name — 99.5% of the 2,024 Americans given it were girls and 0.5% 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 Glynis?
Roughly 1,772 Americans named Glynis are alive today — 88% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 63 years old, and half are between 59 and 67. That is a narrow band: Glynis 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 Glynis 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