Pronunciation
Glen
Meaning
Valley
Alternate spellings
Gleann
Fun fact
Gleann means valley in Irish. We have a lot of glens around Wicklow, including Glendalough. So I hear this one as both a person’s name and a place name.
Popularity in Ireland
Figures for the spelling Glen, Republic of Ireland.
The CSO only publishes names given to three or more babies in a year. “Less than 3” means zero, one or two babies, and these years appear as gaps on the graph.
#676Rank among boy names in 20254Babies registered in 2025
Number of babies registered each year
From 2018, spellings with and without fadas are counted separately. Earlier figures group these spellings together, so the graph has a break at 2018.
View yearly figures
| Year | Babies named | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #676 |
| 2024 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2023 | 3 | #770 |
| 2022 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2021 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2020 | 5 | #556 |
| 2019 | 3 | #764 |
| 2018 | 9 | #401 |
| 2017 | 4 | #610 |
| 2016 | 6 | #491 |
| 2015 | 7 | #459 |
| 2014 | 10 | #382 |
| 2013 | 6 | #479 |
| 2012 | 16 | #290 |
| 2011 | 19 | #263 |
| 2010 | 9 | #400 |
| 2009 | 15 | #292 |
| 2008 | 23 | #225 |
| 2007 | 30 | #175 |
| 2006 | 19 | #211 |
| 2005 | 26 | #167 |
| 2004 | 31 | #143 |
| 2003 | 30 | #138 |
| 2002 | 25 | #152 |
| 2001 | 37 | #120 |
| 2000 | 37 | #122 |
| 1999 | 44 | #105 |
| 1998 | 46 | #92 |
| 1997 | 46 | #109 |
| 1996 | 61 | #94 |
| 1995 | 50 | #101 |
| 1994 | 54 | #99 |
| 1993 | 75 | #83 |
| 1992 | 57 | #100 |
| 1991 | 40 | #118 |
| 1990 | 37 | #117 |
| 1989 | 30 | #129 |
| 1988 | 24 | #141 |
| 1987 | 34 | #125 |
| 1986 | 31 | #130 |
| 1985 | 30 | #132 |
| 1984 | 26 | #137 |
| 1983 | 56 | #100 |
| 1982 | 44 | #113 |
| 1981 | 51 | #109 |
| 1980 | 49 | #111 |
| 1979 | 46 | #113 |
| 1978 | 33 | #126 |
| 1977 | 45 | #112 |
| 1976 | 45 | #114 |
| 1975 | 64 | #100 |
| 1974 | 29 | #128 |
| 1973 | 30 | #130 |
| 1972 | 22 | #147 |
| 1971 | 22 | #148 |
| 1970 | 17 | #154 |
| 1969 | 10 | #187 |
| 1968 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1967 | 8 | #187 |
| 1966 | 3 | #256 |
| 1965 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1964 | 3 | #232 |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies’ Names, tables VSA50 and VSA60. Latest year: 2025.