Gladys
#155 most common girls' name of all time · #299 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#155
Rank overall
#299 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
267,741
Since 2016
613
Peak year
1921 #24
Best rank
#11 1901
Girls
Boys
peak 8,837/yr
Gladys is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | — | 49 | #3,212 |
| 2024 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,460 |
| 2023 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,790 |
| 2022 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,691 |
| 2021 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,752 |
| 2020 | 78 | — | 78 | #2,278 |
| 2019 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,682 |
| 2018 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,466 |
| 2016 | 72 | — | 72 | #2,502 |
| 2015 | 83 | — | 83 | #2,259 |
| 2014 | 74 | — | 74 | #2,443 |
| 2013 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,569 |
| 2012 | 81 | — | 81 | #2,317 |
| 2011 | 81 | — | 81 | #2,298 |
| 2010 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,943 |
| 2009 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,792 |
| 2008 | 135 | — | 135 | #1,657 |
| 2007 | 160 | — | 160 | #1,459 |
| 2006 | 207 | — | 207 | #1,174 |
| 2005 | 203 | — | 203 | #1,145 |
| 2004 | 186 | — | 186 | #1,201 |
| 2003 | 190 | — | 190 | #1,140 |
| 2002 | 198 | — | 198 | #1,075 |
| 2001 | 184 | — | 184 | #1,136 |
| 2000 | 184 | — | 184 | #1,108 |
| 1999 | 214 | — | 214 | #966 |
| 1998 | 192 | — | 192 | #1,033 |
| 1997 | 250 | — | 250 | #828 |
| 1996 | 277 | — | 277 | #764 |
| 1995 | 282 | — | 282 | #725 |
| 1994 | 288 | — | 288 | #719 |
| 1993 | 322 | — | 322 | #678 |
| 1992 | 313 | — | 313 | #690 |
| 1991 | 332 | 5 | 337 | #659 |
| 1990 | 448 | — | 448 | #529 |
| 1989 | 265 | — | 265 | #744 |
| 1988 | 243 | — | 243 | #771 |
| 1987 | 236 | 6 | 242 | #762 |
| 1986 | 231 | — | 231 | #752 |
| 1985 | 256 | — | 256 | #691 |
| 1984 | 226 | — | 226 | #724 |
| 1983 | 216 | 5 | 221 | #753 |
| 1982 | 291 | — | 291 | #618 |
| 1981 | 255 | 6 | 261 | #679 |
| 1980 | 290 | — | 290 | #629 |
| 1979 | 237 | — | 237 | #714 |
| 1978 | 201 | — | 201 | #768 |
| 1977 | 270 | — | 270 | #621 |
| 1976 | 257 | 5 | 262 | #610 |
| 1975 | 310 | — | 310 | #551 |
| 1974 | 268 | — | 268 | #591 |
| 1973 | 270 | — | 270 | #585 |
| 1972 | 244 | — | 244 | #631 |
| 1971 | 343 | — | 343 | #533 |
| 1970 | 366 | 5 | 371 | #523 |
| 1969 | 398 | — | 398 | #487 |
| 1968 | 381 | — | 381 | #497 |
| 1967 | 441 | — | 441 | #454 |
| 1966 | 434 | — | 434 | #450 |
| 1965 | 581 | — | 581 | #378 |
| 1964 | 625 | — | 625 | #385 |
| 1963 | 690 | 6 | 696 | #362 |
| 1962 | 714 | — | 714 | #356 |
| 1961 | 824 | — | 824 | #327 |
| 1960 | 860 | — | 860 | #320 |
| 1959 | 844 | 6 | 850 | #321 |
| 1958 | 955 | 5 | 960 | #290 |
| 1957 | 1,068 | — | 1,068 | #265 |
| 1956 | 1,174 | 5 | 1,179 | #242 |
| 1955 | 1,226 | 6 | 1,232 | #231 |
| 1954 | 1,264 | 9 | 1,273 | #226 |
| 1953 | 1,369 | — | 1,369 | #216 |
| 1952 | 1,304 | 5 | 1,309 | #215 |
| 1951 | 1,451 | 5 | 1,456 | #199 |
| 1950 | 1,526 | — | 1,526 | #182 |
| 1949 | 1,545 | 9 | 1,554 | #178 |
| 1948 | 1,602 | 6 | 1,608 | #173 |
| 1947 | 1,819 | — | 1,819 | #165 |
| 1946 | 1,715 | 6 | 1,721 | #157 |
| 1945 | 1,708 | — | 1,708 | #141 |
| 1944 | 1,901 | 7 | 1,908 | #137 |
| 1943 | 2,113 | — | 2,113 | #131 |
| 1942 | 2,192 | 7 | 2,199 | #127 |
| 1941 | 2,222 | 16 | 2,238 | #118 |
| 1940 | 2,246 | 11 | 2,257 | #116 |
| 1939 | 2,415 | 22 | 2,437 | #104 |
| 1938 | 2,591 | 16 | 2,607 | #103 |
| 1937 | 2,872 | 18 | 2,890 | #86 |
| 1936 | 2,944 | 14 | 2,958 | #84 |
| 1935 | 3,147 | 16 | 3,163 | #78 |
| 1934 | 3,611 | 27 | 3,638 | #66 |
| 1933 | 3,581 | 32 | 3,613 | #60 |
| 1932 | 4,185 | 16 | 4,201 | #54 |
| 1931 | 4,350 | 30 | 4,380 | #55 |
| 1930 | 5,066 | 25 | 5,091 | #48 |
| 1929 | 5,327 | 23 | 5,350 | #44 |
| 1928 | 5,791 | 32 | 5,823 | #41 |
| 1927 | 6,418 | 38 | 6,456 | #37 |
| 1926 | 6,634 | 27 | 6,661 | #35 |
| 1925 | 7,231 | 29 | 7,260 | #33 |
| 1924 | 7,790 | 20 | 7,810 | #30 |
| 1923 | 7,695 | 25 | 7,720 | #29 |
| 1922 | 8,042 | 21 | 8,063 | #25 |
| 1921 | 8,814 | 23 | 8,837 | #24 |
| 1920 | 8,819 | 13 | 8,832 | #22 |
| 1919 | 8,717 | 24 | 8,741 | #21 |
| 1918 | 8,734 | 25 | 8,759 | #22 |
| 1917 | 8,075 | 34 | 8,109 | #23 |
| 1916 | 8,019 | 30 | 8,049 | #22 |
| 1915 | 7,857 | 29 | 7,886 | #21 |
| 1914 | 6,227 | 33 | 6,260 | #20 |
| 1913 | 5,428 | 19 | 5,447 | #19 |
| 1912 | 4,980 | 18 | 4,998 | #19 |
| 1911 | 3,933 | 14 | 3,947 | #18 |
| 1910 | 3,842 | 20 | 3,862 | #15 |
| 1909 | 3,538 | 12 | 3,550 | #15 |
| 1908 | 3,580 | 16 | 3,596 | #15 |
| 1907 | 3,303 | 14 | 3,317 | #14 |
| 1906 | 3,000 | 12 | 3,012 | #16 |
| 1905 | 2,996 | 17 | 3,013 | #14 |
| 1904 | 2,976 | 11 | 2,987 | #14 |
| 1903 | 2,674 | 12 | 2,686 | #14 |
| 1902 | 2,809 | 12 | 2,821 | #12 |
| 1901 | 2,676 | 10 | 2,686 | #11 |
| 1900 | 2,733 | 16 | 2,749 | #21 |
| 1899 | 2,228 | 8 | 2,236 | #20 |
| 1898 | 2,136 | 9 | 2,145 | #27 |
| 1897 | 1,737 | 9 | 1,746 | #32 |
| 1896 | 1,757 | 5 | 1,762 | #33 |
| 1895 | 1,464 | 6 | 1,470 | #41 |
| 1894 | 1,258 | — | 1,258 | #47 |
| 1893 | 1,017 | — | 1,017 | #58 |
| 1892 | 867 | — | 867 | #65 |
| 1891 | 633 | — | 633 | #70 |
| 1890 | 525 | — | 525 | #82 |
| 1889 | 414 | — | 414 | #96 |
| 1888 | 314 | — | 314 | #117 |
| 1887 | 201 | — | 201 | #134 |
| 1886 | 131 | — | 131 | #177 |
| 1885 | 91 | — | 91 | #198 |
| 1884 | 92 | — | 92 | #196 |
| 1883 | 71 | — | 71 | #208 |
| 1882 | 46 | — | 46 | #258 |
| 1881 | 40 | — | 40 | #256 |
| 1880 | 20 | — | 20 | #370 |