Hello, worldnames
Hello, my name isGirlBoy

Gloria

Pronounced /ˈɡlɔɹ.i.ə/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1940 · #874
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:447 in 2024 (#654)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020
Hover or tap the chart for any year. Per 1,000 adjusts for how many babies were born that year.
Compare Gloria with other names

Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Gloria in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1940 with 52 babies, ranked #874.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1921.
  • 1,737 boys have been named Gloria since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Gloria per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 127 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 679 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 583 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 178 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 165 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • A female given name from Latin, popular during the first half of the 20th century.
Origin
Latin
Say it
/ˈɡlɔɹ.i.ə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Gloria, CC BY-SA 4.0.