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How popular is the name Gloria?
Births per year, rank history and how many Glorias are alive today.
Gloria (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 747th in 2025 with 49 given the name. The name peaked in 1944, when around 660 babies were given the name, the 59th most popular that year. It has declined since 1944; the 2025 figure is roughly 7% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 24,000 babies have been named Gloria in England and Wales since 1934. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Gloria you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old. Half of all Glorias born in England and Wales are between 54 and 78, and there are at least 20,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 6.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Gloria.
How many babies are named Gloria each year?
Where does Gloria rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Gloria most popular?
Gloria peaked in 1944, when around 660 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Gloria?
At least 20,000 people named Gloria born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Gloria?
Most living Glorias are between 54 and 78; the most common age is about 79.
Is Gloria becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1944 peak.