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Glory

Girl · English

Glory is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 1,855th for girls in the US (107 babies).

What does Glory mean?

English

A female given name from English.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Glory is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 107 girls and 9 boys in the US.

How popular is Glory in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,276among girls
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 56,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 7% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Glory, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 20 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Glory than any year since 2014.

Half of all the girls named Glory in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2001, 30% of the babies named Glory in the UK were girls. By 2023 it was 80%, with more girls than boys since 2007.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 20 in 20122025
Glory in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#4,276
202414#2,057
202312#2,329
202211#2,450
20219#2,846
202011#2,407
20198#3,018
201810#2,631
201710#2,652
201611#2,510
20159#2,855
20145#4,187
201310#2,599
201220#1,615
201111#2,393
201010#2,540
200915#1,848
200812#2,156
200713#1,964
20067#2,940
20055#3,543
20048#2,406
20035#3,233
20025#3,047
20013#4,156
20004#3,399
19990–
19984#3,310
19974#3,345

How popular is Glory in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,855among girls
Babies in 2025
107about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 12% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 107 girls in the US were named Glory, making it the 1,855th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,893rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 112 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915. 9 boys were also named Glory in 2025 (8,239th for boys).

2025 had more girls named Glory than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Glory in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1915Busiest: 112 in 20162025
Glory in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025107#1,855
202489#2,134
202387#2,176
202299#1,974
202195#2,024
2020101#1,893
2019112#1,816
2018107#1,878
2017110#1,854
2016112#1,841
201583#2,259
201495#2,049
201374#2,439
201287#2,160
201166#2,663
201080#2,360
200954#3,125
200862#2,855
200765#2,787
200667#2,669
200567#2,549
200462#2,648
200363#2,553
200259#2,602
200155#2,696
200052#2,773
199951#2,700
199835#3,423
199758#2,306
199641#2,896
199527#3,873
199434#3,297
199336#3,153
199233#3,337
199126#3,930
199033#3,292
198932#3,247
198822#4,010
198722#3,854
198624#3,552
198520#3,982
198421#3,725
198336#2,515
198224#3,417
198126#3,253
198031#2,866
197933#2,671
197830#2,741
197720#3,611
197635#2,334
197531#2,516
197438#2,133
197330#2,455
197233#2,276
197137#2,175
197040#2,043
196935#2,134
196837#1,975
196723#2,558
196636#1,916
196552#1,547
196439#1,891
196356#1,489
196266#1,359
196158#1,464
196063#1,384
195960#1,382
195857#1,408
195761#1,357
195653#1,452
195547#1,479
195453#1,376
195352#1,343
195270#1,128
195143#1,433
195042#1,410
194947#1,334
194849#1,312
194747#1,336
194638#1,418
194557#1,022
194428#1,544
194336#1,366
194231#1,471
194125#1,569
194032#1,313
193926#1,474
193819#1,805
193721#1,679
193621#1,640
193523#1,550
193428#1,372
193322#1,606
193221#1,684
193124#1,548
193017#2,022
192921#1,765
192825#1,636
192719#2,025
192625#1,666
192520#1,945
192416#2,307
192312#2,732
19229#3,377
192110#3,163
192010#3,097
19198#3,450
191811#2,821
191713#2,427
19165#4,415
19155#4,272

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