Gladis Girl
How popular is Gladis?
#8,858 girl name in 2025
11 baby girls were named Gladis in the US in 2025, making it the 8858th most popular girl name.
Gladis popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #8,858 for girls (▲ 693 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 11 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-35% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,974 in 2015, #8,401 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (69 girls) |
| Highest rank | #868 in 1909 |
| First recorded | 1898 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gladis counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gladys family of names ranked #2,143 for girls in 2025 (#2,243 the year before), with 60 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gladys | 49 | 82% |
| Gladis | 11 | 18% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gladis is most popular
Babies named Gladis per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Gladis by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1900s | 107 | #868 |
| 1910s | 319 | #964 |
| 1920s | 454 | #976 |
| 1930s | 266 | #1,213 |
| 1940s | 143 | #1,803 |
| 1950s | 120 | #2,340 |
| 1960s | 56 | #4,354 |
| 1970s | 82 | #4,051 |
| 1980s | 256 | #2,581 |
| 1990s | 567 | #1,970 |
| 2000s | 464 | #2,704 |
| 2010s | 157 | #5,245 |
| 2020s | 73 | #7,276 |
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Questions
- Is Gladis a boy or girl name?
- Gladis is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gladis were girls.
- How popular is the name Gladis?
- 11 baby girls were named Gladis in the US in 2025, making it the 8858th most popular girl name.
- When was Gladis most popular?
- Gladis peaked in 1990, when 69 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #868 in 1909.
- How many people are named Gladis?
- 3,076 babies have been named Gladis in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,895 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Gladis most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gladis was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.