Gloria

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning glory or fame.

Babies a year
538
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#655
down from #654
UK popularity
#747
49 babies

How Gloria has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#470#599#727201520202025#655

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#526
2016#550
2017#561
2018#581
2019#558
2020#578
2021#572
2022#631
2023#671
2024#654
2025#655

Gloria by the numbers

In 2025, 49 babies in England and Wales were named Gloria. In the US, 538 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 12,626 babies in 1947, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.

At its height, in 1945, about 1 in 120 American girls born that year was called Gloria.

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Gloria as a share of American girls born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Names that come from Gloria

Forms of Gloria in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Gloriannaglorious; a form of Gloria with feminine suffix20 in the US (2017)
  • Loriaglory; a form of Gloria

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gloria. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Gloriglory; a spelling variant of Glory7 in the US (2017)
  • Georgiaworker of the earth; a form of George280 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Gloryhigh renown and honor119 in the US (2017)
  • Glorianaglorious, full of glory31 in the US (2017)
  • Gioiajoy8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Giorgiaworker of the earth; Italian form of George19 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean praise

Like Gloria, each of these has praise in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
  • Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
  • Elliottbright fame; a form of Elijah2,996 in the US (2017)
  • Elliotbright fame; a form of Elijah544 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Judepraised2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Augustmajestic, venerable; august one2,295 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Gloria

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