Is Glynis a boy or girl name?

Glynis is a girl’s name. Of the 2,024 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys.

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

Births per year. The dot marks Glynis’s peak in 1963. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Glynis

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