Glory
#1,855 for girls in 2025, 107 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 97.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1945 · 57 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,893since 1915
Glory over time
Rank among girls' names. Glory has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | #1,855 | 107 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #2,134 | 89 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #2,176 | 87 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,974 | 99 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #2,024 | 95 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #1,893 | 101 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #1,816 | 112 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #1,878 | 107 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #1,854 | 110 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #1,841 | 112 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #2,259 | 83 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #2,049 | 95 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,439 | 74 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #2,160 | 87 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,664 | 66 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,360 | 80 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,126 | 54 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,855 | 62 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,787 | 65 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,669 | 67 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,553 | 67 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,652 | 62 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,556 | 63 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,605 | 59 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,700 | 55 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,777 | 52 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,703 | 51 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,426 | 35 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,309 | 58 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,302 | 34 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,158 | 36 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,343 | 33 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,297 | 33 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,516 | 36 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,671 | 33 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,741 | 30 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,133 | 38 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,455 | 30 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,276 | 33 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,175 | 37 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,043 | 40 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,975 | 37 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,558 | 23 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,547 | 52 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,892 | 39 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,489 | 56 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,359 | 66 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,465 | 58 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,385 | 63 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,383 | 60 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,409 | 57 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,358 | 61 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,453 | 53 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,480 | 47 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,377 | 53 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,344 | 52 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,129 | 70 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,434 | 43 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,411 | 42 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,335 | 47 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,313 | 49 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,337 | 47 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,419 | 38 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,022 | 57 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,367 | 36 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,471 | 31 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,569 | 25 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,640 | 21 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,550 | 23 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,637 | 25 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | — | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Glory! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Glory is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#704 · 1 in 3,325
- Tennessee#1,067 · 1 in 6,120
- North Carolina#1,420 · 1 in 9,077
- New York#1,590 · 1 in 11,000
- California#1,639 · 1 in 13,050
Best ever in a state: #284 in Mississippi, 1952.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #704 | 7 | 1 in 3,325 |
| Tennessee | #1,067 | 5 | 1 in 6,120 |
| North Carolina | #1,420 | 5 | 1 in 9,077 |
| New York | #1,590 | 8 | 1 in 11,000 |
| California | #1,639 | 15 | 1 in 13,050 |
| Texas | #1,751 | 12 | 1 in 13,323 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 Glory
- 279 spots since 2024 (#2,134 → #1,855)
- 38 spots since 2020 (#1,893 → #1,855)
- 404 spots since 2015 (#2,259 → #1,855)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1945 at #1,022 (57 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 14,985 girls born in 2019 were named Glory (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,021 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,022 in 1945, was only 1 in 22,931 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.9% of all girls named Glory (926) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 42 | #2,428 (1917) | #3,479 |
| 1920s | 167 | #1,637 (1928) | #2,372 |
| 1930s | 222 | #1,372 (1934) | #1,638 |
| 1940s | 390 | #1,022 (1945) | #1,369 |
| 1950s | 538 | #1,129 (1952) | #1,378 |
| 1960s | 465 | #1,359 (1962) | #1,772 |
| 1970s | 327 | #2,043 (1970) | #2,496 |
| 1980s | 258 | #2,516 (1983) | #3,444 |
| 1990s | 374 | #2,309 (1997) | #3,225 |
| 2000s | 606 | #2,553 (2005) | #2,728 |
| 2010s | 926 | #1,816 (2019) | #2,132 |
| 2020s | 578 | #1,855 (2025) | #2,009 |
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.
Glory in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 15,695 of them was named Glory, which outranked 90.0% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,842Ramsey111
- #1,842Shyla111
- #1,842Sybil111
- #1,854Glory110
- #1,854Dara110
- #1,854Eiza110
- #1,854Gisele110
- #1,863Aiza109
- #1,863Arwen109
- #1,863Empress109
Tied with 8 names at #1,854; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 168,269 of them was named Glory, which outranked 50.3% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,685Ziair12
- #6,685Ziyan12
- #6,685Zyonn12
- #7,095Glory11
- #7,095Aaban11
- #7,095Aalijah11
- #7,095Aashrith11
- #7,546Aadhi10
- #7,546Aakil10
- #7,546Aarian10
Tied with 450 names at #7,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.