NameTides

Glory

Glory was the #1,855 girls' name in the US in 2025 (107 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Glory as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Glory as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Glory as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,855 (107)#4,201 (5)——#2,730 (7)
2024#2,134 (89)#2,001 (14)——#1,617 (14)
2023#2,176 (87)#2,346 (11)——#2,027 (10)
2022#1,974 (99)#2,488 (10)——#2,835 (6)
2021#2,024 (95)#2,942 (8)——#2,616 (7)
2020#1,893 (101)#2,615 (9)——#2,591 (7)
2019#1,816 (112)#2,869 (8)——#2,374 (8)
2018#1,878 (107)#2,499 (10)——#2,151 (9)
2017#1,854 (110)#2,502 (10)——#1,382 (17)
2016#1,841 (112)#2,367 (11)——#3,294 (5)
2015#2,259 (83)#2,945 (8)——#2,179 (9)
2014#2,049 (95)#4,003 (5)—#876 (3)#2,905 (6)
2013#2,439 (74)#2,649 (9)——#1,792 (12)
2012#2,160 (87)#1,720 (17)#815 (3)—#1,695 (13)
2011#2,664 (66)#2,275 (11)——#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #1,816.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.
  • In 2025, 92% of US babies named Glory were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 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 15,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Glory is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 19,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Glory by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,790TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Glory (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GloryCanadaGirls#2,7307
GloryEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
GloryEngland & WalesBoys—too few
GloryIrelandGirls—too few
GloryIrelandBoys—too few
GloryNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
GloryScotlandGirls—too few
GloryUSGirls#1,855107
GloryUSBoys#8,2439