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Baby name
Glenda
Girl
Origin of the name
Glenda is a Welsh name, usually explained by glân, “pure, holy,” and da, “good.”
Short-lived name
109,227births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 87rank at its peak, in 1950
Where babies named Glenda are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Glenda is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Glenda is most common in Arkansas (3.5 times), Alabama (3.2) and Oklahoma (3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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