Gladstone

Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700

Peak · boys
1898 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
200
since 1898

Gladstone over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gladstone has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #885, 1898boys
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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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1993#8,7005
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1956#3,5356
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1950#2,7708
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1946#2,9197
1945#2,3939
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1942#2,9407
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1932#3,3616
1931#2,8648
1930#3,2897
1929#2,7669
1928#2,8439
1927#3,4517
1926#4,2015
1925
1924#3,0239
1923#2,9509
1922#2,34713
1921#3,8696
1920#2,60211
1919#2,8779
1918#3,0968
1917#2,18813
1916#3,1777
1915#2,45810
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1907#1,3455
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1898#8857
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First appearance
1898

The first year at least five boys were named Gladstone! It came in at #885, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1899–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Gladstone
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1898
  • Peaked 1898 at #885 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1898
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,526
  • Highest: 1 in 17,526 boys born in 1898 were named Gladstone (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 392,266 boys born in 1993 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 39.0% of all boys named Gladstone (78) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s7#885 (1898)#885
1900s5#1,345 (1907)#1,345
1910s47#2,188 (1917)#2,759
1920s78#2,347 (1922)#3,117
1930s21#2,864 (1931)#3,171
1940s23#2,393 (1945)#2,751
1950s14#2,770 (1950)#3,153
1960s0
1970s0
1980s0
1990s5#8,700 (1993)#8,700

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

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