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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #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—
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1881#6797—
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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 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1909

girls
#401
83 births · 1 in 4,183 girls

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #401Gloria83
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 4,183 of them was named Gloria, which outranked 84.3% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gloria
  1. #397Mathilda84
  2. #397Nona84
  3. #397Rae84
  4. #401Gloria83
  5. #401Kay83
  6. #401Vida83
  7. #404Concetta82
  8. #404Polly82
  9. #404Robbie82

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

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

See the top 100 for 1909 →