Gladys Girl
How popular is Gladys?
#3,211 girl name in 2025
49 baby girls were named Gladys in the US in 2025, making it the 3211th most popular girl name.
Gladys popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,211 for girls (▲ 248 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 49 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,259 in 2015, #2,277 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1920 (8,819 girls) |
| Highest rank | #11 in 1901 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| 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 |
Gladys 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 Gladys is most popular
Babies named Gladys per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- Arizona: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Gladys by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,420 | #96 |
| 1890s | 13,622 | #20 |
| 1900s | 30,285 | #11 |
| 1910s | 65,812 | #15 |
| 1920s | 72,561 | #22 |
| 1930s | 34,762 | #48 |
| 1940s | 19,063 | #116 |
| 1950s | 12,181 | #182 |
| 1960s | 5,948 | #320 |
| 1970s | 2,766 | #522 |
| 1980s | 2,509 | #618 |
| 1990s | 2,918 | #528 |
| 2000s | 1,767 | #1,072 |
| 2010s | 745 | #1,942 |
| 2020s | 359 | #2,277 |
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Questions
- Is Gladys a boy or girl name?
- Gladys is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gladys were girls.
- How popular is the name Gladys?
- 49 baby girls were named Gladys in the US in 2025, making it the 3211th most popular girl name.
- When was Gladys most popular?
- Gladys peaked in 1920, when 8,819 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #11 in 1901.
- How many people are named Gladys?
- 267,741 babies have been named Gladys in the US since 1880. We estimate about 49,942 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 76.
- Where is Gladys most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gladys was most common in New York, 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.