Gladys
Rank in 2025
#3211
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
49
girls 49
Peak year
1901
2,676 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
267,741
since 1880
Born a Gladys? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Gladys was most popular in 1901, when 2,676 babies recorded as girls got the name (11.2 per 1,000). In 2025, 49 babies were named Gladys, ranking #3211 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | 3211 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 45 | 3459 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 61 | 2789 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 64 | 2689 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 62 | 2751 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 78 | 2277 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 64 | 2681 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 45 | 3438 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 73 | 2464 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 72 | 2502 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 83 | 2259 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 74 | 2442 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 69 | 2568 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 81 | 2315 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 81 | 2298 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 103 | 1942 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 120 | 1792 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 135 | 1657 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 160 | 1459 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 207 | 1173 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 203 | 1145 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 186 | 1201 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 190 | 1140 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 198 | 1073 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 184 | 1136 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 184 | 1108 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 214 | 966 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 192 | 1033 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 250 | 828 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 277 | 764 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 282 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 288 | 719 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 322 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 313 | 690 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 332 | 659 | 5 | 8236 |
| 1990 | 448 | 529 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 265 | 743 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 243 | 770 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 236 | 762 | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | 231 | 750 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 256 | 691 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 226 | 724 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 216 | 753 | 5 | 6238 |
| 1982 | 291 | 618 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 255 | 679 | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | 290 | 628 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 237 | 713 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 201 | 767 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 270 | 621 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 257 | 609 | 5 | 5587 |
| 1975 | 310 | 551 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 268 | 591 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 270 | 585 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 244 | 631 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 343 | 533 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 366 | 522 | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | 398 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 381 | 496 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 441 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 434 | 450 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 581 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 625 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 690 | 361 | 6 | 3646 |
| 1962 | 714 | 356 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 824 | 327 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 860 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 844 | 321 | 6 | 3619 |
| 1958 | 955 | 289 | 5 | 3944 |
| 1957 | 1,068 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 1,174 | 242 | 5 | 3942 |
| 1955 | 1,226 | 231 | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | 1,264 | 226 | 9 | 2743 |
| 1953 | 1,369 | 216 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 1,304 | 215 | 5 | 3734 |
| 1951 | 1,451 | 199 | 5 | 3714 |
| 1950 | 1,526 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 1,545 | 178 | 9 | 2606 |
| 1948 | 1,602 | 173 | 6 | 3316 |
| 1947 | 1,819 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 1,715 | 157 | 6 | 3173 |
| 1945 | 1,708 | 141 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 1,901 | 137 | 7 | 2862 |
| 1943 | 2,113 | 131 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 2,192 | 127 | 7 | 2940 |
| 1941 | 2,222 | 118 | 16 | 1759 |
| 1940 | 2,246 | 116 | 11 | 2179 |
| 1939 | 2,415 | 104 | 22 | 1425 |
| 1938 | 2,591 | 103 | 16 | 1741 |
| 1937 | 2,872 | 86 | 18 | 1627 |
| 1936 | 2,944 | 84 | 14 | 1872 |
| 1935 | 3,147 | 78 | 16 | 1757 |
| 1934 | 3,611 | 66 | 27 | 1293 |
| 1933 | 3,581 | 60 | 32 | 1159 |
| 1932 | 4,185 | 54 | 16 | 1848 |
| 1931 | 4,350 | 55 | 30 | 1253 |
| 1930 | 5,066 | 48 | 25 | 1463 |
| 1929 | 5,327 | 44 | 23 | 1523 |
| 1928 | 5,791 | 41 | 32 | 1272 |
| 1927 | 6,418 | 37 | 38 | 1163 |
| 1926 | 6,634 | 35 | 27 | 1404 |
| 1925 | 7,231 | 33 | 29 | 1360 |
| 1924 | 7,790 | 30 | 20 | 1776 |
| 1923 | 7,695 | 29 | 25 | 1502 |
| 1922 | 8,042 | 25 | 21 | 1695 |
| 1921 | 8,814 | 24 | 23 | 1588 |
| 1920 | 8,819 | 22 | 13 | 2336 |
| 1919 | 8,717 | 21 | 24 | 1481 |
| 1918 | 8,734 | 22 | 25 | 1446 |
| 1917 | 8,075 | 23 | 34 | 1152 |
| 1916 | 8,019 | 22 | 30 | 1206 |
| 1915 | 7,857 | 21 | 29 | 1217 |
| 1914 | 6,227 | 20 | 33 | 967 |
| 1913 | 5,428 | 19 | 19 | 1173 |
| 1912 | 4,980 | 19 | 18 | 1095 |
| 1911 | 3,933 | 18 | 14 | 896 |
| 1910 | 3,842 | 15 | 20 | 654 |
| 1909 | 3,538 | 15 | 12 | 840 |
| 1908 | 3,580 | 15 | 16 | 657 |
| 1907 | 3,303 | 14 | 14 | 699 |
| 1906 | 3,000 | 16 | 12 | 709 |
| 1905 | 2,996 | 14 | 17 | 574 |
| 1904 | 2,976 | 14 | 11 | 723 |
| 1903 | 2,674 | 14 | 12 | 656 |
| 1902 | 2,809 | 12 | 12 | 651 |
| 1901 | 2,676 | 11 | 10 | 683 |
| 1900 | 2,733 | 21 | 16 | 623 |
| 1899 | 2,228 | 20 | 8 | 786 |
| 1898 | 2,136 | 27 | 9 | 744 |
| 1897 | 1,737 | 32 | 9 | 725 |
| 1896 | 1,757 | 33 | 5 | 1101 |
| 1895 | 1,464 | 41 | 6 | 978 |
| 1894 | 1,258 | 47 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 1,017 | 58 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 867 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 633 | 70 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 525 | 82 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 414 | 96 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 314 | 117 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 201 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 131 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 91 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 92 | 193 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 71 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 46 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 40 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 20 | 367 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years