Gloria

What Gloria means

Means “glory”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Gloria” (revision 93847715), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Gloria?

US: Falling: down from #525 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #819 in 2015, #747 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1945, when 11,037 girls got the name (#23 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

• About 1 in 3,678 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,169 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in KS (0.76 per 1,000 girls), AL (0.55 per 1,000 girls), WI (0.54 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Gloria is #654 in the US and #747 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Gloria were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Gloria

Girls

• Amanda#493“to love”^*
• Laura#379“laurel tree”^*
• Monica#736Editor’s note Down from #559 in 2015 to #736 in 2025 in the US
• Amy#257“beloved”^*
• Priscilla#544“former, ancient, old-fashioned”^*
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*

For a brother

• Paul#262“small”^*
• Martin#335“of or like Mars”^*
• Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025
• Lawrence#518Editor’s note Down from #499 in 2015 to #518 in 2025 in the US
• Justin#233“just”^*
• Marcus#258Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 5,996 babies; 1,341 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Gloria’s. Rank is US 2025.