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Glendon

Glendon was most popular in 1975, when 118 boys got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 6,934 for boys.

4,759babies since 1880
1975most popular year
#624best rank, 1933
#6,934rank in 2025

Babies named Glendon each year in the US

Girls Boys

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirlsBoys
1900s024
1910s19373
1920s26824
1930s13685
1940s6583
1950s0474
1960s0356
1970s0454
1980s0277
1990s0234
2000s0163
2010s0176
2020s072

Glendon in other countries

Out of every 10,000 boys born each year, how many were named Glendon.

US England and Wales

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1975 1 in 13,232 #6,934
England and Wales 1989 1 in 16,742 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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