Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gladis

#3,394 most common girls' name of all time · #5,798 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1898–2025

Rank among girls
#3,394
Rank overall
#5,798 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
124 of 146
All-time
3,076
Since 2016
115
Peak year
1990 #1,978
Best rank
#888 1909
Girls Boys peak 69/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Gladis first appears in 1898. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 11 — 11 #8,891
2024 10 — 10 #9,600
2023 11 — 11 #9,027
2022 15 — 15 #7,302
2021 14 — 14 #7,650
2020 12 — 12 #8,432
2019 9 — 9 #10,516
2018 13 — 13 #8,183
2017 8 — 8 #11,666
2016 12 — 12 #8,914
2015 17 — 17 #6,995
2014 23 — 23 #5,644
2013 15 — 15 #7,779
2012 15 — 15 #7,834
2011 19 — 19 #6,590
2010 26 — 26 #5,262
2009 38 — 38 #4,024
2008 38 — 38 #4,103
2007 64 — 64 #2,829
2006 54 — 54 #3,092
2005 47 — 47 #3,268
2004 41 — 41 #3,574
2003 58 — 58 #2,711
2002 38 — 38 #3,532
2001 38 — 38 #3,491
2000 48 — 48 #2,947
1999 47 — 47 #2,859
1998 47 — 47 #2,801
1997 45 — 45 #2,739
1996 58 — 58 #2,288
1995 66 — 66 #2,054
1994 49 — 49 #2,547
1993 66 — 66 #2,071
1992 61 — 61 #2,198
1991 59 — 59 #2,219
1990 69 — 69 #1,978
1989 42 — 42 #2,671
1988 18 — 18 #4,680
1987 26 — 26 #3,438
1986 21 — 21 #3,906
1985 20 — 20 #4,003
1984 23 — 23 #3,538
1983 27 — 27 #3,076
1982 36 — 36 #2,591
1981 21 — 21 #3,756
1980 22 — 22 #3,627
1979 18 — 18 #4,078
1978 8 — 8 #7,029
1977 11 — 11 #5,575
1976 11 — 11 #5,259
1975 7 — 7 #7,257
1974 11 — 11 #5,064
1973 10 — 10 #5,242
1970 6 — 6 #7,173
1969 5 — 5 #7,597
1968 7 — 7 #5,727
1967 5 — 5 #6,919
1966 5 — 5 #6,679
1965 5 — 5 #6,654
1964 10 — 10 #4,409
1963 7 — 7 #5,408
1962 7 — 7 #5,395
1960 5 — 5 #6,504
1959 7 — 7 #5,124
1958 11 — 11 #3,792
1957 8 — 8 #4,615
1956 15 — 15 #3,083
1955 5 — 5 #5,992
1954 7 — 7 #4,756
1953 15 — 15 #2,856
1952 18 — 18 #2,532
1951 16 — 16 #2,614
1950 18 — 18 #2,380
1949 8 — 8 #3,976
1948 14 — 14 #2,742
1947 11 — 11 #3,302
1946 15 — 15 #2,529
1945 8 — 8 #3,469
1944 15 — 15 #2,345
1943 13 — 13 #2,612
1942 22 — 22 #1,834
1941 20 — 20 #1,844
1940 17 — 17 #1,995
1939 24 — 24 #1,568
1938 15 — 15 #2,174
1937 20 — 20 #1,761
1936 23 — 23 #1,575
1935 28 — 28 #1,405
1934 31 — 31 #1,304
1933 23 — 23 #1,587
1932 35 — 35 #1,227
1931 31 — 31 #1,330
1930 36 — 36 #1,263
1929 32 — 32 #1,358
1928 34 — 34 #1,331
1927 49 — 49 #1,093
1926 54 — 54 #1,021
1925 33 5 38 #1,429
1924 47 — 47 #1,144
1923 58 — 58 #986
1922 52 — 52 #1,053
1921 44 — 44 #1,164
1920 51 — 51 #1,046
1919 42 — 42 #1,152
1918 39 — 39 #1,212
1917 38 — 38 #1,176
1916 50 — 50 #975
1915 40 — 40 #1,074
1914 36 — 36 #1,002
1913 21 — 21 #1,266
1912 19 — 19 #1,247
1911 18 — 18 #1,063
1910 16 — 16 #1,164
1909 22 — 22 #888
1908 11 — 11 #1,345
1907 14 — 14 #1,086
1906 7 — 7 #1,684
1905 12 — 12 #1,157
1904 10 — 10 #1,244
1903 6 — 6 #1,758
1902 8 — 8 #1,427
1901 9 — 9 #1,218
1900 8 — 8 #1,548
1898 7 — 7 #1,493