—2024 rank
1957peak year
121,649babies named Glen since 1880
▼ 18%5-year trend
Glen popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Glen mean?
From Scottish Gaelic gleann, 'narrow valley', taken from Scottish place names. It spread as a given name through Scotland and America in the 19th century.
OriginScottish Gaelic
Syllables1
Genderboy
Stylevintage, nature
Names like Glen
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Famous Glens
- Glen Campbell, singer
Spellings & variants
Glenn
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