Glen

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Glen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Glen: Recorded every year since 1952, it reached #29 in 1975, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
180times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#29highest recorded position
35groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Glen's record

Ranked every year since 1952, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 35 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#281
1997	#334
1998	#304
1999	#463
2000	#491
2001	#559
2002	#722
2003	#710
2004	#760
2005	#1095
2006	#1643
2007	#1440
2008	#1403
2009	#1749
2010	#2941
2011	#2892
2012	#2270
2013	#2055
2014	#2690
2015	#4747
2016	#4810
2017	#2172
2018	#2445
2019	#3937
2020	#3848
2021	#4789
2022	#4789
2023	#2325
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 57 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #307 among boys in Scotland, #3688 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1952–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #92 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1963–1985
Highest recorded position: #29 among boys in New Zealand, in 1975 (recorded 1963–1985).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Glen appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 57 ranked years and 1,636 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Glen across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Glen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#232 (1964)	#83 (1993)	#676 (2025)	57 of 62	1,636 (1964–2025)	75 (1993)
Norway · Boys	#380 (1962)	#331 (1982)	#558 (1998)	24 of 37	154 (1962–1998)	14 (1982)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#92 (1952)	#32 (1963)	#91 (1986)	34 of 35	5,772 (1952–1986)	301 (1962)
England and Wales · Boys	#281 (1996)	#281 (1996)	#3688 (2024)	29 of 29	621 (1996–2024)	96 (1996)
New Zealand · Boys	#92 (1963)	#29 (1975)	#86 (1985)	23 of 23	2,709 (1963–1985)	209 (1972)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#129 (1997)	#129 (1997)	#378 (2008)	12 of 12	78 (1997–2008)	15 (1997)

Glen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Glen in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	24	4 of 10	6
1970s	353	10 of 10	35
1980s	375	10 of 10	38
1990sbusiest	510	10 of 10	51
2000s	273	10 of 10	27
2010s	89	10 of 10	9
2020s	12	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 51 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1974 and 1975, when recorded births rose by 35, from 29 to 64.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Glen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #29 in New Zealand in 1976.

Glen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1403	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1440	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1095	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#760	29	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#710	30	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#722	26	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#559	34	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#491	40	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#463	46	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#304	85	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#334	72	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#281	96	High	Verified
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#91	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#70	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	130	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	133	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	132	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	134	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	164	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	178	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	161	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	198	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	207	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#45	242	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#40	262	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	231	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	182	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#51	181	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	196	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	225	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	194	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#37	242	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	293	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	301	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#42	267	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	186	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	155	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#65	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#60	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	61	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New Zealand	male	#86	57	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#76	68	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#79	64	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#66	71	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#62	78	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#72	72	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#60	92	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#46	117	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#37	146	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#29	194	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#29	202	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#37	191	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#51	136	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#34	209	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#44	169	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#41	177	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#60	126	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#63	119	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#73	105	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#97	68	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#82	82	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#74	98	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#92	68	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#315	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#264	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#193	8	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#151	11	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#189	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#241	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#163	10	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#129	15	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#558	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#506	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#613	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#459	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#446	9	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#618	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#465	8	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#616	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#331	14	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#498	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#614	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#561	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#467	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#551	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#561	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#459	8	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#408	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#362	11	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#554	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#533	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#494	5	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#443	6	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#482	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#380	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	10	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	16	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	19	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#400	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	15	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#225	23	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#175	30	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	19	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	26	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	31	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#138	30	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	25	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	37	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#122	37	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#105	44	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#92	46	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#109	46	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	61	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	50	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	54	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#83	75	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	57	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#118	40	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	37	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	30	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	24	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#125	34	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#130	31	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	30	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	26	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	56	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	44	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#109	51	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#111	49	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	46	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	33	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	45	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	45	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	64	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	29	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#130	30	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	22	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	22	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	17	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	10	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	8	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#307	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1952 and 2025, ranked in 74 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #29, first reached in 1975.

It held a top-100 place in 40 years, 35 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 301 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1962.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1962, and 72 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Gjertrud · #162, 55y
Gladys · #327, 26y
Glenda · #43, 41y
Glenn · #16, 75y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lilly · #27, 79y
Gabriel · #32, 74y
Julia · #26, 70y
Josephine · #25, 71y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Joanna · #29, 67y
Rosemary · #29, 74y
Stella · #29, 60y
Jeffrey · #30, 73y

Glen was ranked #29 in New Zealand · Boys in 1975. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Glen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Glen without appearing here.

Glen moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #4991.
Brett Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #3523.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #2813.

Moved ahead of Glen

Andrea Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2690 and #2964 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #2020.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1749 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #1201.
Conan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2892 and #1342.

Moved the opposite way to Glen

Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Glen went from #232 to #676 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Glen went from #232 to #676 while Liam went from #54 to #7.
Evan Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Glen went from #187 to #676 while Evan went from #291 to #80.
Leon Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Glen went from #187 to #676 while Leon went from #216 to #73.

Moved the same way as Glen

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Glen went from #232 to #676 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Glen went from #232 to #676 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Glen went from #232 to #676 and Denis from #21 to #232.
George Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Glen went from #232 to #676 and George from #52 to #112.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #29 in New Zealand in 1976. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Glen

Glen at a glance

What stands out in Glen's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Glen across 6 official records

Glen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Glen appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Glen

Glen and the names beside it

Glen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Glen

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Glen at a glance

What stands out in Glen's record

Glen across 6 official records

Glen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Glen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Glen

Glen and the names beside it

Glen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Glen

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