Gloria

Boy · recorded 1921–1997

  • 1997last recorded
  • 1940best year

Most popular in 1940.

Last recorded in 1997. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Gloria.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1921

0234519211940195919781997

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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 74 recorded years as a table
Gloria, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19216
192212
19236
19249
192522
192633
192725
192833
192929
193038
193133
193244
193331
193430
193527
193624
193738
193831
193929
194045
194138
194235
194327
194426
194536
194623
194719
194821
194919
195016
195120
195217
195320
195416
195515
195617
195712
195814
195916
196014
196115
19627
19637
196411
196513
19668
19676
19683
19697
19709
197210
19735
19747
197511
197710
19784
19795
19806
19817
19826
19838
19846
19856
198610
19875
19886
19898
19908
19913
19923
19935
19954
19963
19973

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gloria 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1997
5
Rank in 1997
#9,265
How rare
1 in 377,028 boys
Since 1921
1,737

Gloria was last recorded in 1997. 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 1940, at 45 per million boys born.

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

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