How popular is the name Gloria?

Gloria ranks 96th among girls' names in US records, with 416,618 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,176.

Is Gloria a unisex name?

No. Gloria is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1947, when 12,626 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#96 of girl names

Pronounced G L AO1 R IY0 AH0 (ARPABET)

Gloria is a girls' name, and first appears in 1881. It has been given to 416,618 children — the 96th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1947, when 12,626 children were given it.

1947Girls: 12,626Boys: 35

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Gloria?: Gloria ranks 96th among girls' names in US records, with 416,618 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,176.
Is Gloria a unisex name?: No. Gloria is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Gloria most popular?: 1947, when 12,626 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.