Glynis
Glynis is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 596th, in 1963.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1963278 births
- Best rank
- #596in 1963
- Since 1939
- 2,014people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,014 girls have been named Glynis in the United States since 1939, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1963, with 278 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 278 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1960s alone account for 56%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1963, its biggest year
Glynis was the 596th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1963 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1963.
Names that rose and fell with Glynis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shirlpeak 1964
- Lorripeak 1961
- Leciapeak 1961
- Lesapeak 1962
- Lesiapeak 1965
- Sharipeak 1961
- Lauriepeak 1962
- Lorriepeak 1961
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.