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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #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—
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1890#1,2106—
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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.

Where Gloria is popular in 1965

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedAKMaine: #220 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,368 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedNHWashington: #271 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,385 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #151 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 564 girlsNDMinnesota: #178 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 951 girlsMNIllinois: #129 for girls · 156 births · 1 in 585 girlsILWisconsin: #179 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,017 girlsWIMichigan: #191 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 1,011 girlsMINew York: #122 for girls · 263 births · 1 in 584 girlsNYMassachusetts: #201 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,312 girlsMARhode Island: #147 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 812 girlsRIOregon: #198 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 898 girlsORNevada: #171 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 623 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedSDIowa: #244 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,476 girlsIAIndiana: #190 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 955 girlsINOhio: #158 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 793 girlsOHPennsylvania: #133 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 650 girlsPANew Jersey: #142 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 673 girlsNJConnecticut: #129 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 622 girlsCTCalifornia: #93 for girls · 390 births · 1 in 415 girlsCAUtah: #261 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,233 girlsUTColorado: #163 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 691 girlsCONebraska: #246 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,443 girlsNEMissouri: #135 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 639 girlsMOKentucky: #163 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 812 girlsKYWest Virginia: #176 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 904 girlsWVVirginia: #112 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 480 girlsVAMaryland: #117 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 486 girlsMDDelaware: #97 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 330 girlsDEArizona: #55 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 213 girlsAZNew Mexico: #52 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 194 girlsNMKansas: #236 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,100 girlsKSArkansas: #78 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 339 girlsARTennessee: #96 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 457 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #70 for girls · 141 births · 1 in 296 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #53 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 227 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #111 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 433 girlsDCOklahoma: #148 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 608 girlsOKLouisiana: #101 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 418 girlsLAMississippi: #31 for girls · 142 births · 1 in 146 girlsMSAlabama: #68 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 278 girlsALGeorgia: #58 for girls · 167 births · 1 in 245 girlsGAHawaii: #129 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 418 girlsHITexas: #39 for girls · 481 births · 1 in 199 girlsTXFlorida: #82 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 361 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#31 · 1 in 146
  2. Texas#39 · 1 in 199
  3. New Mexico#52 · 1 in 194
  4. South Carolina#53 · 1 in 227
  5. Arizona#55 · 1 in 213

Best ever in a state: #2 in New Mexico, 1943.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#311421 in 146
Texas#394811 in 199
New Mexico#52501 in 194
South Carolina#53991 in 227
Arizona#55631 in 213
Georgia#581671 in 245
Alabama#681061 in 278
North Carolina#701411 in 296
Arkansas#78441 in 339
Florida#821231 in 361
California#933901 in 415
Tennessee#96701 in 457
Delaware#97121 in 330
Louisiana#101801 in 418
District of Columbia#111271 in 433
Virginia#112761 in 480
Maryland#117581 in 486
New York#1222631 in 584
Connecticut#129371 in 622
Hawaii#129131 in 418
Illinois#1291561 in 585
Pennsylvania#1331431 in 650
Missouri#135571 in 639
New Jersey#142801 in 673
Rhode Island#14791 in 812
Oklahoma#148281 in 608
North Dakota#15191 in 564
Ohio#1581111 in 793
Colorado#163231 in 691
Kentucky#163331 in 812
Nevada#17151 in 623
West Virginia#176151 in 904
Minnesota#178331 in 951
Wisconsin#179361 in 1,017
Indiana#190451 in 955
Michigan#191731 in 1,011
Oregon#198151 in 898
Massachusetts#201361 in 1,312
Maine#22061 in 1,368
Kansas#236141 in 1,100
Iowa#244151 in 1,476
Nebraska#24681 in 1,443
Utah#26171 in 1,233
Washington#271161 in 1,385
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1965

girls
#109
3,437 births · 1 in 514 girls
boys
#1,595
24 births · 1 in 77,506 boys

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #109Gloria3,437

Top boys' names in 1965

  1. #1Michael80,992
  2. #2John71,493
  3. #3David67,825
  4. #4James67,666
  5. #5Robert63,106
  6. #6William40,111
  7. #7Mark38,244
  8. #8Richard36,817
  9. #9Thomas31,595
  10. #10Jeffrey29,574
  11. #1,595Gloria24
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 514 of them was named Gloria, which outranked 98.6% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gloria
  1. #106Marie3,487
  2. #107Maureen3,481
  3. #108Victoria3,480
  4. #109Gloria3,437
  5. #110Deanna3,406
  6. #111Shirley3,370
  7. #112Jean3,364
Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 723Marni#1,610 → #887
  2. ↑ 654Dionne#1,281 → #627
  3. ↑ 432Marnie#1,016 → #584
  4. ↑ 426Keli#1,383 → #957
  5. ↑ 368Gia#1,334 → #966
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,326Djuna#738 → #2,064
  2. ↓ 470Djuana#756 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 383Shirl#714 → #1,097
  4. ↓ 297Beverley#955 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 275Dottie#912 → #1,187

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

boys

1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 77,506 of them was named Gloria, which outranked 64.0% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gloria
  1. #1,559Undra25
  2. #1,559Valentino25
  3. #1,559Wendy25
  4. #1,595Gloria24
  5. #1,595Curley24
  6. #1,595Darrian24
  7. #1,595Deane24
  8. #1,625Alonso23
  9. #1,625Angus23
  10. #1,625Antonino23

Tied with 29 names at #1,595; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 785Trace#1,655 → #870
  2. ↑ 729Darran#1,729 → #1,000
  3. ↑ 655Daryn#1,371 → #716
  4. ↑ 648Darian#1,545 → #897
  5. ↑ 512Darryn#1,327 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,557Jaimie#809 → #2,366
  2. ↓ 443Tammy#875 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 406Destry#637 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 318Dewitt#936 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 303Cassius#860 → #1,163

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

See the top 100 for 1965 →