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Gloria

Girl's name · #655 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Gloria belongs to an older America first — it reached #20 back in 1925 — yet it still appears in today's records at #655. About 415,000 girls have carried it since 1881.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 33 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#70 in Slovenia (2025) · #91 in Italy (2024) · #101 in Belgium (2025) · #107 in Poland (2025) · #165 in Austria (2025) · #210 in Mexico (2024) · #410 in Switzerland (2025) · #413 in Ireland (2025) · #420 in France (2025) · #422 in Ecuador (2025) · #549 in Canada (2025) · #632 in Scotland (2025) and 8 more.

Famous Glorias

• Gloria Swanson — American actress (1899–1983)
• Gloria Macapagal Arroyo — President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010 (born 1947)
• Gloria Steinem — American activist and journalist (1934–2026)
• Gloria Estefan — Cuban-American singer and songwriter (born 1957)
• Gloria Stuart — American actress (1910–2010)
• Gloria Grahame — American actress (1923–1981)
• Gloria Gaynor — American singer (born 1943)
• Gloria Vanderbilt — American artist, author, actress, and designer (1924–2019)
• Gloria E. Anzaldúa — American feminist scholar (1942–2004)
• Glória Pires — Brazilian actress (born 1963)

In stories & tradition

• Gloria — Fictional hippopotamus from Madagascar
• Gloria Pritchett — Modern Family (TV series)
• Gloria Hodge^it — Desperate Housewives (TV series)

What Glorias become

Among 1,207 notable people named Gloria:

Entertainers appear 1.81× more often than among typical names — e.g. Gloria Swanson, American actress (1899–1983).

Similar names: Glory · Virginia · Sylvia · Aileen · Martha · Barbara

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