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Glenda

girl name
Origin
Welsh
Syllables
2
Peak era
1940s/1950s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

traditionally 'clean and good'

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1940s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Glenda peaked in the 1940s and the 1950s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

12,424 people · the #1,470 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 16,393 · median age 19

1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Glenda living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.

The census also counted 516 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Glenda

Most people given the name Glenda in the United States were born between 1940 and 1969. The Glenda you meet today is most often in her 60s or 70s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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