Glenda
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Glenda
Part nature name, part mid-century favorite, Glenda came into use in the 20th century as a feminine form of Scottish Glenn, likely inspired by Linda and Wanda too. While Glenn would give it the meaning "valley", if you do consider it a smoosh name with Linda, Wanda, or Brenda, you get means such as "beautiful valley", "tender valley", "Wend's valley", "sword valley" or "fire valley".
Could Glenda rise back up the charts as a clunky cool option? Perhaps one day, but with around 20 girls called Glenda in each recent year, it hasn't yet begun to climb.
Glenda is also given to boys.
Pronounced GLEN-duh.
As of October 2026, Glenda ranked #3676 for boys in US births in 1966 and #5987 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1662 for boys in 1943 and #79 for girls in 1944.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #4,693 | 30 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #4,376 | 33 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #4,886 | 27 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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Glenda on lists
Famous Glendas
- Glenda May JacksonGirl
English actress & politician
- Glenda FarrellGirl
American actress
- Glenda CollinsGirl
English pop singer
- Glenda GilmoreGirl
American historian of the American South
- Glenda R. TaylorGirl
American scholar and poet
- Glenda HatchettGirl
American television judge
- Glenda Emilie AdamsGirl
Australian novelist
- Glenda LinscottGirl
Rhodesian,Australian actress
- Glenda Dorothy RandersonGirl
New Zealand painter
- Glenda Evans HoodGirl
American politician from Florida
- Glenda LinscottGirl
English Australian actress
- Glenda GoertzenGirl
Canadian children's author
Glenda in pop culture
- "Glen or GlendaGirl
" 1953 film about the transsexual main character
- Glenda MitchellGirl
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- Glenda FarrellGirl
character on TV's "One Tree Hill"
- GlendaGirl
character in film "Hick"
- Glenda SlaggGirl
parodic columnist in British satirical magazine Private Eye
Variations & nicknames
- GlenndaGirl