Gladys

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Gladys: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Gladys: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 20 years, its highest recorded position is #327, and it stood at #2,927 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#327highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Gladys's record

Absent from every published list for 20 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#2746
2001	#3262
2004	#2278
2005	#3970
2006	#4157
2007	#4294
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2010	#3533
2011	#2893
2013	#3536
2015	#3615
2016	#4763
2017	#4063
2019	#3541
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2023	#2927

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 9 of the 45 years from 1964 to 2008.

In 2008: #862 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4524 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #327 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2008
Highest recorded position: #327 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2008).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #2927 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Gladys appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 18 ranked years and 92 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1964.

Gladys across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Gladys's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#327 (1964)	#862 (2008)	9 of 45	30 (1964–2008)	4 (1964)
England and Wales · Girls	#2746 (2000)	#2278 (2004)	#2927 (2023)	18 of 24	92 (2000–2023)	8 (2004)

Gladys by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Gladys in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	37	8 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	41	7 of 10	6
2020s	14	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Gladys appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #327 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Gladys's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2023, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #327, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 20 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 36 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
11separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
20 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#2,927position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
36 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Glenda · #43, 41y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Helin · #327, 31y
Mercedes · #327, 30y
Diogo · #328, 28y
Ibraheem · #326, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Fionna · #327, 11y
Ingrida · #327, 23y
Lucille · #327, 41y
Mahamed · #327, 51y

Gladys was ranked #327 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Gladys and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Gladys without appearing here.

Gladys moved ahead of

Kari Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3533 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2893 and #5785.
Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Gladys

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Ellinor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Cecilie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.

Moved the same way as Gladys

Brittany Compare
Between 2000 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Gladys went from #2746 to #5581 and Brittany from #275 to #3519.
Carmel Compare
Between 2000 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Gladys went from #2746 to #5581 and Carmel from #1475 to #4634.
Carol Compare
Between 2000 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Gladys went from #2746 to #5581 and Carol from #1313 to #3519.
Finley Compare
Between 2000 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Gladys went from #2746 to #5581 and Finley from #1250 to #2942.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #327 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gladys

Gladys at a glance

What stands out in Gladys's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gladys across 2 official records

Gladys by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Gladys appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Gladys

Gladys and the names beside it

Gladys moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gladys

Moved the same way as Gladys

Gladys at a glance

What stands out in Gladys's record

Gladys across 2 official records

Gladys by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Gladys appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Gladys

Gladys and the names beside it

Gladys moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gladys

Moved the same way as Gladys