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Gloria

Girls' name · Mid-century

Living in the US
~242,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#654 among girls
Births in 2025
437 417,018 since 1880
Typical age
72 years, median

Gloria popularity over time

Gloria rank by birth year, 1881–2025Gloria ranked #679 in 1881 and #654 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #20, in 1925.#100#1,000#654best #20 in 192518901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1881–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1947 is the peak year for Gloria, with 12,662 births. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1881. Across the record, 42 years put Gloria in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #654, on 437 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 27%.

Babies named Gloria per yearPeaks at 12,662 births in 1947.12,662 in 1947018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Gloria?

Roughly 242,900 Glorias are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 417,018 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Gloria?

The typical living Gloria is 72 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1950s. By the site’s era rules that makes Gloria a mid-century name.

Your Gloria

Ages of living people named GloriaHalf of living Glorias are older than 72 and half younger.median 72020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Gloria is most common

Minnesota uses the name 1.8× as often as the country as a whole. Massachusetts, Washington and Iowa follow.

Where Gloria is used more than average5 states use the name Gloria more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 1.6× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: 1.8× the national rateMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: 1.4× the national rateIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: 1.4× the national rateMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 1.7× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Gloria is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Minnesota 128 1.8×
Massachusetts 130 1.7×
Washington 148 1.6×
Iowa 55 1.4×
Maryland 99 1.4×

Gloria in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Gloria ranked #747 in 2025 on 49 births. That is 27% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Gloria comes from

From Latin gloria (“glory”), first used as a name in 19th-century literature.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Gloria

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Gloria Swanson American actress 1899–1983 90
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Filipino politician, president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010 1947 87
Gloria Steinem American activist and journalist 1934 77
Gloria Estefan Cuban-American singer 1957 72
Gloria Stuart American actress 1910–2010 63
Gloria Gaynor American singer 1943 61
Gloria Grahame American actress 1923–1981 54
Gloria Vanderbilt American businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and writer 1924–2019 35
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 1,016 in 1920 to 2,738 in 1921 — 2.7 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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