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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedNHWashington: #444 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,131 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #163 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 634 girlsNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedMNIllinois: #166 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 846 girlsILWisconsin: #242 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,581 girlsWIMichigan: #252 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,472 girlsMINew York: #151 for girls · 140 births · 1 in 738 girlsNYMassachusetts: #415 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,523 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedRIOregon: #385 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,463 girlsORNevada: #141 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 502 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedIAIndiana: #310 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,085 girlsINOhio: #276 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,756 girlsOHPennsylvania: #245 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 1,407 girlsPANew Jersey: #191 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,005 girlsNJConnecticut: #242 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,337 girlsCTCalifornia: #97 for girls · 293 births · 1 in 446 girlsCAUtah: #372 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,171 girlsUTColorado: #253 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,204 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedNEMissouri: #329 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,243 girlsMOKentucky: #220 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,160 girlsKYWest Virginia: #279 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,626 girlsWVVirginia: #211 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,080 girlsVAMaryland: #237 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,254 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Gloria, so not publishedDEArizona: #58 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 264 girlsAZNew Mexico: #86 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 355 girlsNMKansas: #312 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,709 girlsKSArkansas: #251 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,246 girlsARTennessee: #198 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 980 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #191 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 918 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #144 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 593 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #210 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 913 girlsDCOklahoma: #243 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,183 girlsOKLouisiana: #198 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 917 girlsLAMississippi: #106 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 421 girlsMSAlabama: #158 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 718 girlsALGeorgia: #164 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 710 girlsGAHawaii: #222 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 756 girlsHITexas: #88 for girls · 247 births · 1 in 382 girlsTXFlorida: #155 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 728 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#58 · 1 in 264
  2. New Mexico#86 · 1 in 355
  3. Texas#88 · 1 in 382
  4. California#97 · 1 in 446
  5. Mississippi#106 · 1 in 421

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#58561 in 264
New Mexico#86211 in 355
Texas#882471 in 382
California#972931 in 446
Mississippi#106391 in 421
Nevada#14151 in 502
South Carolina#144311 in 593
New York#1511401 in 738
Florida#155591 in 728
Alabama#158321 in 718
North Dakota#16361 in 634
Georgia#164481 in 710
Illinois#166831 in 846
New Jersey#191381 in 1,005
North Carolina#191381 in 918
Louisiana#198281 in 917
Tennessee#198281 in 980
District of Columbia#21071 in 913
Virginia#211261 in 1,080
Kentucky#220201 in 1,160
Hawaii#22261 in 756
Maryland#237151 in 1,254
Connecticut#242111 in 1,337
Wisconsin#242171 in 1,581
Oklahoma#243131 in 1,183
Pennsylvania#245481 in 1,407
Arkansas#251101 in 1,246
Michigan#252401 in 1,472
Colorado#253131 in 1,204
Ohio#276401 in 1,756
West Virginia#27971 in 1,626
Indiana#310171 in 2,085
Kansas#31271 in 1,709
Missouri#329131 in 2,243
Utah#37251 in 2,171
Oregon#38551 in 2,463
Massachusetts#41591 in 3,523
Washington#44461 in 3,131
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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 1973

girls
#177
1,554 births · 1 in 938 girls
boys
#3,694
8 births · 1 in 194,822 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #177Gloria1,554

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #3,694Gloria8
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 938 of them was named Gloria, which outranked 98.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gloria
  1. #174Sonia1,600
  2. #175Leah1,587
  3. #176Claudia1,566
  4. #177Gloria1,554
  5. #178Meredith1,523
  6. #179Christie1,512
  7. #180Kerri1,504
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 194,822 of them was named Gloria, which outranked 37.1% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gloria
  1. #3,445Yvonne9
  2. #3,445Zenon9
  3. #3,445Zoran9
  4. #3,694Gloria8
  5. #3,694Abayomi8
  6. #3,694Adarryll8
  7. #3,694Adin8
  8. #4,054Aaran7
  9. #4,054Abron7
  10. #4,054Adair7

Tied with 359 names at #3,694; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →