Glynn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Glynn: Recorded since 1974, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #254 in 1988, and it was last ranked in 2013.

2registrars recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
40years from first to last
#254highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Glynn's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2013

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#1578
2000	#3036
2002	#2636
2005	#3849
2012	#4805
2013	#4685

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 7 of the 25 years from 1974 to 1998.

In 1997: #382 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1578 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1974–2013 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #288 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1974–1998
Highest recorded position: #254 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1988 (recorded 1974–1998).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #4685 among boys in England and Wales, in 2013.
England and Wales · Boys

Glynn appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 7 years beginning in 1974, and has registered 27 births with the name.

Glynn across 2 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.

Glynn'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	#288 (1974)	#254 (1988)	#369 (1998)	7 of 25	27 (1974–1998)	5 (1977)
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#1458 (1996)	#4685 (2013)	7 of 18	31 (1996–2013)	8 (1996)

Glynn by decade in England and Wales · 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 Glynn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	2 of 10	8
2000s	10	3 of 10	3
2010s	6	2 of 10	3

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Glynn 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 2 regions, from 1974 to 2013. Highest recorded position: #254 in Republic of Ireland in 1988.

Glynn'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
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1974 and 2013, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #254, first reached in 1988.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 22 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
10 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,685position in 2013, its most recent recorded year
22 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

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.

Glory · #500, 27y
Glyn · #272, 23y
Goda · #363, 19y
Godfrey · #229, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Aloysius · #256, 12y
Alain · #249, 15y
Darron · #260, 15y
Edele · #248, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Aodan · #254, 20y
Kris · #254, 39y
Pierre · #254, 35y
Roma · #254, 30y

Glynn was ranked #254 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1988. 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.

Glynn 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 Glynn without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Glynn

Cooper Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1578 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1425.
Hunter Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1578 and #2337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1425.
Hudson Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1578 and #1761 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1889.
Lars Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1578 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1889.

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 2 regions, from 1974 to 2013. Highest recorded position: #254 in Republic of Ireland in 1988. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Glynn

Glynn at a glance

What stands out in Glynn's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Glynn across 2 official records

Glynn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Glynn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Glynn

Glynn and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Glynn

Glynn at a glance

What stands out in Glynn's record

Glynn across 2 official records

Glynn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Glynn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Glynn

Glynn and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Glynn