Glenda
Meaning
traditionally 'clean and good'
Popularity, 1890–2024
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
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.
The Glenda deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Glenda truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Glenda fits with your family’s names and surname.
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