Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Gloria

Gender

Male

Origin

Latin
Glory
Glory, renown, and respect
Spanish

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Gloria

Famous People

Musician Gloria Estefan, Feminist Gloria Steinem, Fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1940 (rank #871, 52 births); most recent 1997 (rank #9259, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1947 (rank #27, 12,623 births); most recent 2025 (rank #654, 437 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–437
2024–447
2023–438
2022–468
2021–530
2020–510
2019–547
2018–528
2017–544
2016–567

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #553, 75 births); most recent 2025 (rank #747, 49 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202549
202461
202367
202265
202170
202067
201952
201875
201751
201657

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #441, 131 births); most recent 2023 (rank #452, 120 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023120
2022122
2021129
2020131
2019122
2018112
2017109
201683
201584
201459

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #269, 16 births); most recent 2025 (rank #410, 9 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20259
20247
20237
202216
202111
20206
201912
201810
20176
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #493, 6 births); most recent 2025 (rank #632, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20254
2024–
2023–
2022–
20214
20204
20196
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1942 (rank #18, 82 births); most recent 2023 (rank #456, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
20237
20227
20217
20208
20197
20187
20176
20167
201512
201411

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence