Glenn
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Glenn is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: (i) person who lives in a glen or from various Scottish places; (ii) person from Glen, Leicestershire, ‘valley’.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 888(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 893
- IEIreland≈1 in 1.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #545 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 592 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 888 (inferred from the name graph)
145,760 people, 2020
of 15M given names
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
(i) person who lives in a glen or from various Scottish places; (ii) person from Glen, Leicestershire, ‘valley’
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Glenn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #240 | 145,760 | 1 in 2.3K | 145K | Glenn | 592 |
| PH Philippines | #208 | ≈88,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Glenn | 175 |
| GB United Kingdom | #262 | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Glenn | 296 |
| CA Canada | #211 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | 2 | Glenn | 282 |
| AU Australia | #178 | ≈29,000 est. | ≈1 in 888 | 72 | Glenn | 263 |
| NZ New Zealand | #155 | ≈5,500 est. | ≈1 in 893 | 10 | Glenn | 146 |
| IE Ireland | #159 | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Glenn | 101 |
145,760 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Glenn is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, Based on the Gaelic word for 'valley'; also used as a feminine name.
as a nameIrish first names
In French, Named after Saint Glenn, a Welsh monk who evangelized Brittany; Welsh/Celtic origin.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
,2 Variant spelling of Glen, borne as a girl’s name by the American actress Glenn Close.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, An unincorporated community in Glenn County, California, United States.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Du gaélique/irlandais *gleann*, « vallée ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Glenn Millerb. 1904USAmerican band leader, arranger, and composer (1904–1944)
- Glenn Theodore Seaborgb. 1912USAmerican chemist (1912–1999)
- Glenn Fordb. 1916CACanadian-American actor (1916–2006)
- Glenn Gouldb. 1932CACanadian composer and pianist (1932–1982)
- Steve Martinb. 1945USnot in their usual nameAmerican comedian, actor, musician and writer (born 1945)
- Glenn Tiptonb. 1947GBBritish guitarist
- Glenn Hoddleb. 1957GBEnglish footballer and manager
- Glenn Jacobsb. 1967USAmerican professional wrestler, actor, and politician
- Glenn Fleshlerb. 1968USAmerican actor
- Rumer Willisb. 1988USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 90 sources across 48 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 51K | #669 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 49K | #627 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 49K | #686 |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Glenn a male or female name?
- Glenn is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Glenn mean, and where does it come from?
- (i) person who lives in a glen or from various Scottish places; (ii) person from Glen, Leicestershire, ‘valley’ Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Glenn have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 146 thousand people named Glenn, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled glenn.
- How common is the name Glenn?
- In the United States, the national register counted 145,760 people named Glenn in 2020, about 1 in 2.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Glenn compared with other names?
- In the United States, Glenn is the 240th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Glenn” — the 240th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.