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.

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
18801900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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