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Gloria

Gender
Girl
Say it
GLOR-ee-a
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#752 for girls
US rank, 2025
#654 for girls

Gloria is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “glory”. In 2025 it ranked 752nd for girls in the UK (53 babies) and 654th for girls in the US (437 babies).

What does Gloria mean?

Latin

“glory”

Latin for glory; the Gloria is a hymn of praise sung in the Christian liturgy.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Gloria a girl's or a boy's name?

Gloria is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 53 girls in the UK and 437 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Gloria in the UK?

Rank in 2025
752nd among girls
Babies in 2025
53 about 1 in 5,300 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 53 girls in the UK were named Gloria, making it the 752nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 595th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 76 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Gloria than any year since 2017.

Half of all the girls named Gloria in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 747th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#94) and 1944 (#59).

1996Busiest: 76 in 20182025
Gloria in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202553#752
202461#677
202368#609
202266#628
202174#584
202071#595
201958#728
201876#593
201753#805
201657#758
201549#844
201449#850
201343#930
201250#831
201141#936
201031#1,136
200953#752
200859#681
200754#699
200630#1,019
200549#687
200438#794
200327#965
200229#884
200125#955
200023#1,016
199921#1,065
199824#981
199723#995
199621#1,024

How popular is Gloria in the US?

Rank in 2025
654th among girls
Babies in 2025
437 about 1 in 3,700 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 16% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 437 girls in the US were named Gloria, making it the 654th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 577th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 12,627 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.

2025 had fewer girls named Gloria than any year since 1917.

Half of all the girls named Gloria in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.

1881Busiest: 12,627 in 19472025
Gloria in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025437#654
2024451#652
2023438#672
2022470#628
2021531#571
2020510#577
2019547#558
2018528#582
2017544#560
2016567#550
2015597#525
2014572#541
2013573#518
2012583#520
2011510#570
2010589#509
2009617#496
2008742#426
2007714#451
2006702#450
2005717#429
2004724#422
2003712#422
2002779#381
2001716#404
2000843#358
1999809#365
1998885#334
1997864#329
1996929#307
1995897#310
1994980#283
19931,006#274
19921,113#251
19911,127#247
19901,180#240
19891,080#248
1988936#271
1987989#256
1986976#263
19851,000#254
19841,048#240
19831,151#221
19821,070#237
19811,109#229
19801,071#239
19791,074#241
19781,050#236
19771,128#221
19761,175#208
19751,289#195
19741,421#185
19731,554#177
19721,619#175
19711,865#167
19702,044#163
19692,166#150
19682,256#143
19672,617#134
19662,859#127
19653,437#109
19643,966#104
19634,536#96
19625,102#90
19615,691#82
19605,961#79
19595,924#81
19586,131#77
19577,123#66
19567,927#53
19558,551#47
19548,923#42
19539,680#38
195210,458#36
195110,951#31
195011,037#30
194911,879#29
194811,690#28
194712,627#27
194611,686#26
194511,037#23
19449,968#25
19439,684#30
19429,450#31
19419,008#26
19408,026#30
19395,939#36
19386,299#36
19376,333#32
19366,140#32
19356,348#32
19346,813#30
19336,752#31
19327,813#25
19318,546#23
19307,605#30
19297,539#28
19288,119#25
19278,535#22
19269,198#20
19259,381#20
19246,534#41
19235,310#48
19224,496#61
19212,731#102
19201,016#195
1919547#272
1918516#278
1917435#297
1916331#338
1915239#390
1914192#383
1913158#384
1912159#365
1911126#356
1910115#365
190983#401
190871#428
190752#497
190642#541
190541#536
190432#600
190325#666
190223#716
190128#591
190038#556
18997#1,277
189813#963
189710#1,037
18960–
189510#1,053
189411#950
18936#1,277
18928#1,085
18910–
18906#1,209
18890–
18880–
18870–
18860–
18850–
18840–
18830–
18820–
18817#679

Names like Gloria

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Maria, Lucia, Sylvia, Diana, Julia, Cecilia, Aurora, Rosa, Lilia, Victoria, Priscilla, Olivia

Names related to Gloria

Glory, Glori

More Latin names

Oliver, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony

Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Gloria: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gloria, updated 20 October 2026.