Gladis
#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · Last seen for boys in 1925 at #4,197
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1909 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,071since 1898
Gladis over time
Rank among girls' names. Gladis has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | — | |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,822 | 64 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,090 | 54 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,257 | 47 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,566 | 41 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,707 | 58 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,486 | 38 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,940 | 48 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,854 | 47 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,798 | 47 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,733 | 45 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,282 | 58 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,052 | 66 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,541 | 49 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,068 | 66 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,215 | 59 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,974 | 69 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,658 | 42 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,065 | 27 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,544 | 24 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,292 | 31 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,213 | 35 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,314 | 31 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,251 | 36 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 32 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,088 | 49 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,012 | 54 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #1,138 | 47 | — | |
| 1923 | #976 | 58 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,044 | 52 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,148 | 44 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,038 | 51 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,133 | 42 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,203 | 39 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,162 | 38 | — | |
| 1916 | #964 | 50 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,055 | 40 | — | |
| 1914 | #988 | 36 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 | — | |
| 1909 | #868 | 22 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Gladis! It came in at #1,379, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Gladis is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#459 · 1 in 4,281
- Arkansas#479 · 1 in 4,157
- Alabama#525 · 1 in 6,148
- Texas#926 · 1 in 11,401
Best ever in a state: #340 in Georgia, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #459 | 5 | 1 in 4,281 |
| Arkansas | #479 | 5 | 1 in 4,157 |
| Alabama | #525 | 5 | 1 in 6,148 |
| Texas | #926 | 5 | 1 in 11,401 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Gladis
- 696 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #8,860)
- 454 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #8,860)
- 1,883 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #8,860)
- Biggest jump: 393 spots in 1909 (#1,261 → #868)
- Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1910 (#868 → #1,110)
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1909 at #868 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 36 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1909–1923
- Highest: 1 in 15,783 girls born in 1909 were named Gladis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.5% of all girls named Gladis (567) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #1,379 (1898) | #1,379 |
| 1900s | 107 | #868 (1909) | #1,246 |
| 1910s | 319 | #964 (1916) | #1,109 |
| 1920s | 454 | #976 (1923) | #1,150 |
| 1930s | 266 | #1,213 (1932) | #1,494 |
| 1940s | 143 | #1,804 (1942) | #2,613 |
| 1950s | 120 | #2,341 (1950) | #3,708 |
| 1960s | 56 | #4,355 (1964) | #6,039 |
| 1970s | 82 | #4,052 (1979) | #5,774 |
| 1980s | 256 | #2,581 (1982) | #3,513 |
| 1990s | 567 | #1,974 (1990) | #2,371 |
| 2000s | 464 | #2,707 (2003) | #3,349 |
| 2010s | 157 | #5,247 (2010) | #7,907 |
| 2020s | 73 | #7,281 (2022) | #8,454 |
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.
Gladis in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 23,496 of them was named Gladis, which outranked 82.0% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,030Gladyce52
- #1,030Madelene52
- #1,030Phylis52
- #1,038Gladis51
- #1,038Albertine51
- #1,038Ara51
- #1,038Billye51
- #1,048Alvena50
- #1,048Antonetta50
- #1,048Ardath50
Tied with 9 names at #1,038; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.