Glen is a boy's name of English origin meaning “clean.” In 2024 it was given to 61 boys in the United States.
Glen belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “clean” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Glen first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #112 in 1931, and in 2024 61 babies received the name — 125,629 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Glen means “clean” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Glen is a boy name. In 2024, 61 babies received the name in the US.
Glen comes from the English & American tradition.
Glen first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #112 in 1931, and 61 babies were given the name in 2024.
Glen is pronounced /ɡlɛn/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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