Gladys · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Gladys.

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Its story

Popularity since 1895

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 66 recorded years as a table

Gladys, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1895	51
1896	42
1897	80
1898	73
1899	75
1900	106
1901	94
1902	98
1903	101
1904	86
1905	128
1906	90
1907	95
1908	104
1909	73
1910	103
1911	62
1912	42
1913	37
1914	50
1915	34
1916	34
1917	37
1918	25
1919	24
1920	12
1921	21
1922	19
1923	23
1924	18
1925	26
1926	24
1927	34
1928	29
1929	21
1930	23
1931	29
1932	15
1933	32
1934	26
1935	15
1936	13
1937	17
1938	14
1939	20
1940	9
1941	13
1942	5
1944	5
1946	4
1948	3
1949	5
1951	3
1952	3
1954	4
1955	3
1956	2
1958	2
1959	3
1963	3
1970	3
1976	3
1981	3
1983	3
1987	3
1991	2

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gladys isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1991: 5
Rank in 1991: #8,236
How rare: 1 in 404,065 boys
Since 1895: 1,023

Gladys was last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1905, at 128 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gladys doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.