NameTides

Gloria

Gloria was the #654 girls' name in the US in 2025 (437 babies), and #747 in England & Wales and #549 in Canada.

Gloria as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Gloria as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaUSScotlandEngland & Wales
Gloria as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#654 (437)#747 (49)#632 (4)#413 (9)#549 (55)—
2024#652 (451)#638 (61)—#504 (7)#661 (44)—
2023#672 (438)#574 (67)—#495 (7)#529 (55)—
2022#628 (470)#591 (65)—#266 (16)#523 (55)—
2021#571 (531)#564 (70)#652 (4)#363 (11)#442 (69)—
2020#577 (510)#582 (67)#636 (4)#544 (6)#440 (68)—
2019#558 (547)#737 (52)#493 (6)#347 (12)#480 (67)—
2018#582 (528)#553 (75)—#411 (10)#481 (67)—
2017#560 (544)#771 (51)—#579 (6)#427 (77)—
2016#550 (567)#714 (57)—#585 (6)#433 (78)—
2015#525 (597)#819 (46)#806 (3)#896 (3)#403 (86)—
2014#541 (572)#832 (46)#802 (3)#661 (5)#362 (93)—
2013#518 (573)#925 (40)#816 (3)#424 (10)#359 (91)—
2012#520 (583)#789 (49)—#560 (7)#457 (68)—
2011#570 (510)#894 (40)—#414 (11)#541 (55)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1945 at #23.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Gloria is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 4,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gloria by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #511WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #541ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #704NYMassachusetts: #481MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #577INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #615PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #503CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #361KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #481ALGeorgia: #748GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #713TXFlorida: #692FL
Gloria (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#31117
Ontario2024#93212

Gloria (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GloriaCanadaGirls#54955
GloriaEngland & WalesGirls#74749
GloriaIrelandGirls#4139
GloriaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
GloriaNSWGirls—too few
GloriaScotlandGirls#6324
GloriaUSGirls#654437
GloriaUSBoys—too few