Gloria

Where Gloria comes from

From Latin gloria (“glory”), first used as a name in 19th-century literature.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gloria
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #679 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1899
    Gloria Swanson born
    American actress
  3. 1925
    Peak, #20
    9,381 babies named Gloria — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1947
    Gloria Macapagal Arroyo born
    Filipino politician, president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010
  5. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #96.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, popular during the first half of the 20th century.
Namesakes
  • Gloria Swanson · American actress, 1899–1983
  • Gloria Macapagal Arroyo · Filipino politician, president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, born 1947
  • Gloria Estefan · Cuban-American singer, born 1957
  • Gloria Stuart · American actress, 1910–2010
  • Gloria Gaynor · American singer, born 1949

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.