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“One who dwells in a valley” — Scottish Gaelic origin
Boy's name · #2026 in the US (2025) · Heirloom
Glen is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1931, when it ranked #112. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 126,000 boys since 1880, ranked #2026 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Together with its spelling variant Glenn (#1443), Glen would rank around #1084 with about 200 births last year — the newborns split about 63/37 between Glenn and Glen.
Around the world: about 1 in 3,300 boys in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 5,900 boys in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 20,000 boys in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 815 notable people named Glen:
Sports figures appear 2.01× more often than among typical names — e.g. Glen Johnson, English association football player (born 1984).
Similar names: Glenn · Don · Duane · Nolen · Arden · Lloyd
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