Glory
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning high renown and honor.
Babies a year
119
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies
Glory by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Glory. In the US, 119 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 112 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Glory. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean praise
Like Glory, 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 Glory
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