Glenys

femaleStatistical record

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

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

1registrar recorded it
5times a registrar ranked it
5years from first to last
#65highest recorded position

New Zealand · Girls

Falling

among girls in New Zealand · 1954–1958

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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New Zealand · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1954	#65
1955	#77
1956	#90
1957	#74
1958	#80

VerifiedSource: NZ Department of Internal Affairs — Most Popular Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all New Zealand names · Source: NZ Department of Internal Affairs — Most Popular Baby Names

What the data shows

FallingNew Zealand · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in New Zealand in every year from 1954 to 1958.

Official data for New Zealand, 1954–1958 · NZ Department of Internal Affairs. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1954
First recorded at #65 among girls in New Zealand in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Girls
Highest recorded1954–1958
Highest recorded position: #65 among girls in New Zealand, in 1954 (recorded 1954–1958).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent1958
Most recently recorded at #80 among girls in New Zealand, in 1958.
New Zealand · Girls

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for New Zealand from 1954 to 1958. Highest recorded position: #65 in New Zealand in 1954.

Glenys'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
1958	New Zealand	female	#80	84	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	female	#74	87	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#90	67	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	female	#77	81	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	female	#65	91	High	Verified

New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs

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

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

Glenys was ranked #65 in New Zealand · Girls in 1954. 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.

Lynda#61
Lynne#62
Marion#63
Gillian#64
Jan#66
Jeanette#67
Elaine#68
Irene#69

What is known about Glenys

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 1 official registrar, 1954–1958.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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.

Recorded in official data for New Zealand from 1954 to 1958. Highest recorded position: #65 in New Zealand in 1954. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.