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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Glenwood

Glenwood was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1920, when it ranked 829th with 66 babies. More babies were named Glenwood in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
192066 babies
Total since 1880
2,247babies recorded

Glenwood popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#4,6568
1970#2,55114
1960#1,74222
1950#1,11041
1940#1,05338
1930#1,01346
1920#82966
1910#1,3587
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Glenwood, counting every spelling?

Glenwood has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Glenwood?

About 700 people born in the US named Glenwood are alive today, with a median age of 68; half are between 56 and 77. That makes Glenwood a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Glenwood by state

How common Glenwood was among boys born in each state in 1918–1922, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Missouri (4.0×), Virginia (3.6×). In 44 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesME0.20Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMI0.03New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesPA0.04New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesMO0.20Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesVA0.18Maryland: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMD0.08Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Glenwood, boys, 1918–1922. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Glenwood: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Glenwood, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Glenwood

How popular is the name Glenwood?

Glenwood was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1920, when it ranked 829th with 66 babies. More babies were named Glenwood in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Glenwood a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 0 girls and 2,247 boys.

Where was Glenwood most popular?

In 1918–1922, Glenwood was most common in Maine (0.20 per 1,000 boys), followed by Missouri and Virginia.