Gladis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GLAH-dees
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Gladis is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “possibly land, country”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Gladis mean?
Welsh: Spanish spelling of Gladys, from Welsh Gwladus
“possibly land, country”
Gladys comes from Welsh Gwladus; Saint Gwladys was a Welsh saint and the mother of Saint Cadoc.
Is Gladis a girl's or a boy's name?
Gladis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gladis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Gladis, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1990, with 69 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.
Half of all the girls named Gladis in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gladis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,822 |
| 2006 | 54 | #3,089 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 58 | #2,704 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,482 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,936 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,795 |
| 1997 | 45 | #2,730 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,279 |
| 1995 | 66 | #2,047 |
| 1994 | 49 | #2,536 |
| 1993 | 66 | #2,063 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,186 |
| 1991 | 59 | #2,209 |
| 1990 | 69 | #1,970 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,652 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,064 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,581 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,340 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,481 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,557 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,803 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,810 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,544 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,735 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,549 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,381 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,292 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,314 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,251 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,309 |
| 1927 | 49 | #1,088 |
| 1926 | 54 | #1,012 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,409 |
| 1924 | 47 | #1,138 |
| 1923 | 58 | #976 |
| 1922 | 52 | #1,044 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,148 |
| 1920 | 51 | #1,038 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,133 |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,203 |
| 1917 | 38 | #1,162 |
| 1916 | 50 | #964 |
| 1915 | 40 | #1,055 |
| 1914 | 36 | #988 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,229 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,218 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,031 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,110 |
| 1909 | 22 | #868 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,037 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,093 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,170 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,320 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,136 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
Names like Gladis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Iris Grace Ruby Emma Georgia Gracie Sophie Esther Winnie Daisy Genevieve Naomi
Names related to Gladis
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Dylan Owen Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gladis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gladis, updated 20 October 2026.