Gladys
Girl · Welsh
Vintage revival
Gladys is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “country”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 3,211th for girls in the US (49 babies).
What does Gladys mean?
Welsh
“country”
A female given name from Welsh.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gladys a girl's or a boy's name?
Gladys is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 49 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gladys in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Gladys, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gladys in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#11), 1914 (#11), 1924 (#14) and 1934 (#58).
Gladys in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
How popular is Gladys in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,211among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were named Gladys, making it the 3,211th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,277th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 8,819 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gladys in the US since 1880 were born between 1914 and 1933, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gladys in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3,211 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,789 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2020 | 78 | #2,277 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,681 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 73 | #2,464 |
| 2016 | 72 | #2,502 |
| 2015 | 83 | #2,259 |
| 2014 | 74 | #2,442 |
| 2013 | 69 | #2,568 |
| 2012 | 81 | #2,315 |
| 2011 | 81 | #2,298 |
| 2010 | 103 | #1,942 |
| 2009 | 120 | #1,792 |
| 2008 | 135 | #1,657 |
| 2007 | 160 | #1,459 |
| 2006 | 207 | #1,173 |
| 2005 | 203 | #1,145 |
| 2004 | 186 | #1,200 |
| 2003 | 190 | #1,139 |
| 2002 | 198 | #1,072 |
| 2001 | 184 | #1,135 |
| 2000 | 184 | #1,106 |
| 1999 | 214 | #964 |
| 1998 | 192 | #1,032 |
| 1997 | 250 | #828 |
| 1996 | 277 | #764 |
| 1995 | 282 | #724 |
| 1994 | 288 | #718 |
| 1993 | 322 | #678 |
| 1992 | 313 | #690 |
| 1991 | 332 | #659 |
| 1990 | 448 | #528 |
| 1989 | 265 | #742 |
| 1988 | 243 | #770 |
| 1987 | 236 | #762 |
| 1986 | 231 | #750 |
| 1985 | 256 | #691 |
| 1984 | 226 | #724 |
| 1983 | 216 | #753 |
| 1982 | 291 | #618 |
| 1981 | 255 | #679 |
| 1980 | 290 | #628 |
| 1979 | 237 | #713 |
| 1978 | 201 | #767 |
| 1977 | 270 | #621 |
| 1976 | 257 | #609 |
| 1975 | 310 | #551 |
| 1974 | 268 | #591 |
| 1973 | 270 | #585 |
| 1972 | 244 | #631 |
| 1971 | 343 | #533 |
| 1970 | 366 | #522 |
| 1969 | 398 | #486 |
| 1968 | 381 | #496 |
| 1967 | 441 | #453 |
| 1966 | 434 | #450 |
| 1965 | 581 | #378 |
| 1964 | 625 | #385 |
| 1963 | 690 | #361 |
| 1962 | 714 | #356 |
| 1961 | 824 | #327 |
| 1960 | 860 | #320 |
| 1959 | 844 | #321 |
| 1958 | 955 | #289 |
| 1957 | 1,068 | #265 |
| 1956 | 1,174 | #242 |
| 1955 | 1,226 | #231 |
| 1954 | 1,264 | #226 |
| 1953 | 1,369 | #216 |
| 1952 | 1,304 | #215 |
| 1951 | 1,451 | #199 |
| 1950 | 1,526 | #182 |
| 1949 | 1,545 | #178 |
| 1948 | 1,602 | #173 |
| 1947 | 1,819 | #165 |
| 1946 | 1,715 | #157 |
| 1945 | 1,708 | #141 |
| 1944 | 1,901 | #137 |
| 1943 | 2,113 | #131 |
| 1942 | 2,192 | #127 |
| 1941 | 2,222 | #118 |
| 1940 | 2,246 | #116 |
| 1939 | 2,415 | #104 |
| 1938 | 2,591 | #103 |
| 1937 | 2,872 | #86 |
| 1936 | 2,944 | #84 |
| 1935 | 3,147 | #78 |
| 1934 | 3,611 | #66 |
| 1933 | 3,581 | #60 |
| 1932 | 4,185 | #54 |
| 1931 | 4,350 | #55 |
| 1930 | 5,066 | #48 |
| 1929 | 5,327 | #44 |
| 1928 | 5,791 | #41 |
| 1927 | 6,418 | #37 |
| 1926 | 6,634 | #35 |
| 1925 | 7,231 | #33 |
| 1924 | 7,790 | #30 |
| 1923 | 7,695 | #29 |
| 1922 | 8,042 | #25 |
| 1921 | 8,814 | #24 |
| 1920 | 8,819 | #22 |
| 1919 | 8,717 | #21 |
| 1918 | 8,734 | #22 |
| 1917 | 8,075 | #23 |
| 1916 | 8,019 | #22 |
| 1915 | 7,857 | #21 |
| 1914 | 6,227 | #20 |
| 1913 | 5,428 | #19 |
| 1912 | 4,980 | #19 |
| 1911 | 3,933 | #18 |
| 1910 | 3,842 | #15 |
| 1909 | 3,538 | #15 |
| 1908 | 3,580 | #15 |
| 1907 | 3,303 | #14 |
| 1906 | 3,000 | #16 |
| 1905 | 2,996 | #14 |
| 1904 | 2,976 | #14 |
| 1903 | 2,674 | #14 |
| 1902 | 2,809 | #12 |
| 1901 | 2,676 | #11 |
| 1900 | 2,733 | #21 |
| 1899 | 2,228 | #20 |
| 1898 | 2,136 | #27 |
| 1897 | 1,737 | #32 |
| 1896 | 1,757 | #33 |
| 1895 | 1,464 | #41 |
| 1894 | 1,258 | #47 |
| 1893 | 1,017 | #58 |
| 1892 | 867 | #65 |
| 1891 | 633 | #70 |
| 1890 | 525 | #82 |
| 1889 | 414 | #96 |
| 1888 | 314 | #117 |
| 1887 | 201 | #134 |
| 1886 | 131 | #176 |
| 1885 | 91 | #197 |
| 1884 | 92 | #193 |
| 1883 | 71 | #207 |
| 1882 | 46 | #257 |
| 1881 | 40 | #251 |
| 1880 | 20 | #367 |
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