Gloria

#654 for girls in 2025, 437 births · Last seen for boys in 1997 at #9,265
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1925 · 9,381 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
42 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
415,281
since 1881

Gloria over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #20, 1925girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#654437
2024#652451
2023#672438
2022#628470
2021#571531
2020#577510
2019#558547
2018#582528
2017#560544
2016#550567
2015#525597
2014#541572
2013#518573
2012#520583
2011#570510
2010#509589
2009#496617
2008#426742
2007#451714
2006#450702
2005#429717
2004#422724
2003#422712
2002#381779
2001#404716
2000#358843
1999#365809
1998#334885
1997#329864#9,2655
1996#307929#9,0155
1995#310897#6,9927
1994#283980
1993#2741,006#5,7719
1992#2511,113#7,4226
1991#2471,127#7,2716
1990#2401,180#3,60716
1989#2481,080#3,32517
1988#271936#3,91512
1987#256989#4,23910
1986#263976#2,68419
1985#2541,000#3,80511
1984#2401,048#3,92510
1983#2211,151#2,91215
1982#2371,070#3,96610
1981#2291,109#3,41212
1980#2391,071#3,83810
1979#2411,074#4,0689
1978#2361,050#4,5547
1977#2211,128#2,66516
1976#2081,175
1975#1951,289#2,45017
1974#1851,421#3,12011
1973#1771,554#3,6948
1972#1751,619#2,32316
1971#1671,865
1970#1632,044#2,29316
1969#1502,166#2,41513
1968#1432,256#3,6736
1967#1342,617#2,61110
1966#1272,859#2,04315
1965#1093,437#1,59524
1964#1043,966#1,70022
1963#964,536#2,20014
1962#905,102#2,18614
1961#825,691#1,40632
1960#795,961#1,48629
1959#815,924#1,32435
1958#776,131#1,44629
1957#667,123#1,54726
1956#537,927#1,25737
1955#478,551#1,37031
1954#428,923#1,33332
1953#389,680#1,18939
1952#3610,458#1,26834
1951#3110,951#1,17138
1950#3011,037#1,36428
1949#2911,879#1,22734
1948#2811,690#1,17337
1947#2712,627#1,23335
1946#2611,686#1,14537
1945#2311,037#92748
1944#259,968#1,10736
1943#309,684#1,10638
1942#319,450#95848
1941#269,008#92547
1940#308,026#87252
1939#365,939#1,14132
1938#366,299#1,10934
1937#326,333#1,00040
1936#326,140#1,32625
1935#326,348#1,27328
1934#306,813#1,18931
1933#316,752#1,18131
1932#257,813#96346
1931#238,546#1,17034
1930#307,605#1,06942
1929#287,539#1,27231
1928#258,119#1,18836
1927#228,535#1,40728
1926#209,198#1,17437
1925#209,381#1,49325
1924#416,534#2,82210
1923#485,310#3,4677
1922#614,496#2,34713
1921#1022,731#3,5177
1920#1951,016
1919#272547
1918#278516
1917#297435
1916#338331
1915#390239
1914#383192
1913#384158
1912#365159
1911#356126
1910#365115
1909#40183
1908#42871
1907#49752
1906#54142
1905#53641
1904#60032
1903#66625
1902#71623
1901#59128
1900#55638
1899#1,2787
1898#96313
1897#1,03710
1896
1895#1,05310
1894#95011
1893#1,2776
1892#1,0858
1891
1890#1,2106
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#6797
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Gloria! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1889, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Gloria
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#652#654)
  • 77 spots since 2020 (#577#654)
  • 129 spots since 2015 (#525#654)
  • Biggest jump: 722 spots in 1900 (#1,278#556)
  • Biggest drop: 315 spots in 1899 (#963#1,278)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1925 at #20 (9,381 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 38 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1922–1963
  • Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1900–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 118
  • Highest: 1 in 118 girls born in 1945 were named Gloria (0.84%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,678 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #20 in 1925, was only 1 in 130 (0.77%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 25.3% of all girls named Gloria (105,055) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#679 (1881)#679
1890s71#950 (1894)#1,107
1900s435#401 (1909)#553
1910s2,818#272 (1919)#343
1920s62,859#20 (1925)#56
1930s68,588#23 (1931)#31
1940s105,055#23 (1945)#28
1950s86,705#30 (1950)#50
1960s38,591#79 (1960)#111
1970s14,219#163 (1970)#197
1980s10,430#221 (1983)#246
1990s9,790#240 (1990)#294
2000s7,266#358 (2000)#424
2010s5,610#509 (2010)#543
2020s2,837#571 (2021)#626

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Gloria in 1937

girls
#32
6,333 births · 1 in 168 girls
boys
#1,000
40 births · 1 in 26,666 boys

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #32Gloria6,333

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #1,000Gloria40
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 168 of them was named Gloria, which outranked 99.4% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gloria
  1. #29Lois6,932
  2. #30Ann6,713
  3. #31Peggy6,378
  4. #32Gloria6,333
  5. #33Norma6,235
  6. #34Judith6,146
  7. #35Marie6,075
Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 3,217Noreta#4,181#964
  2. 2,845Noretta#3,701#856
  3. 2,351Leilani#3,103#752
  4. 1,407Deann#2,263#856
  5. 1,209Norita#1,741#532
Fallers
  1. 438Dorla#951#1,389
  2. 331Vilma#951#1,282
  3. 303Imelda#979#1,282
  4. 297Lulu#695#992
  5. 292Lyda#840#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 26,666 of them was named Gloria, which outranked 75.1% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gloria
  1. #982Lamont41
  2. #982Lawson41
  3. #982Sid41
  4. #1,000Gloria40
  5. #1,000Armond40
  6. #1,000Cloyd40
  7. #1,000Earlie40
  8. #1,016Abner39
  9. #1,016Alfonzo39
  10. #1,016Artie39

Tied with 15 names at #1,000; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 1,923Tyrone#2,629#706
  2. 558Lamont#1,540#982
  3. 540Lary#1,540#1,000
  4. 416Errol#906#490
  5. 399Levon#1,356#957
Fallers
  1. 492Gaston#989#1,481
  2. 461Gorden#827#1,288
  3. 432Sergio#940#1,372
  4. 371Landon#422#793
  5. 347Harlen#747#1,094

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1937