Glendale
Masculine · “a valley”
Glendale is given to both — 544 boys and 81 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Glendale is a place-name used as a first name, joining two words for a valley. It has been given mostly to boys, and it carries the name of a California city.
How old is the name Glendale?
Glendale first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Glendale alive today was born around 1953, making them about 72 years old. About 300 people named Glendale are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Glendale most popular?
Glendale peaked in 1946, reaching #1884 nationally. See the whole 1946 chart.
Where it comes from
From glen + dale to Glendale
The story of Glendale
Glendale, California, grew into a city beside Los Angeles, and in it a cemetery changed how Americans buried their dead: Forest Lawn, where the founder banned upright headstones in favor of flat markers set into rolling lawns, with churches, statues and art, and where many film stars now lie. American families gave Glendale to sons as a name, perhaps for the place or for the pleasant sound of its two valleys.
Meaningscholars disagree
a valley, from glen and dale
Glendale joins glen, a narrow valley, and dale, a broad one. As a given name it carries the place-name, and nothing records why families chose it.
How the name formed
- glen + dale
- Glendale
Pronouncing Glendale
GLEN-dayl
Two syllables, stressed on the first.
Nicknames for Glendale
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1915
- Most boys named
- 195715 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1884reached in 1946
- Change vs 2004
- 0.0%5 in 2011, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Glendales among us
people named Glendale are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Glendale sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Glen and Dale give two familiar short forms.
- It is almost certainly unique among the people he will meet.
- People will take it for a place-name first.
- Most children given it are boys; a girl named Glendale may be taken for a boy on paper.
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Frequently asked
- How many Glendales are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Glendale are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Glendale in 2025?
- Glendale is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Glendale with classmates?
- Glendale will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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