Name meaning & stats
Glenda
Glenda means “good” (Welsh origin). 96,817 US babies since 1940, peak 1950.
What it means
“good”
WelshWell documented
A modern coinage.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1950
96,817 US babies were named Glenda between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Glenda (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Glenda is the main spelling
- Glenda 99%
- Glennda 1%
- Glendia <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1950)