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Gloria

femaleStatistical record

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

No researched meaning or origin yet — what that means.

Pronunciation

Community-contributed pronunciation recording

A German pronunciation, as its file is labelled. Recording by Jeuwre. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

VerifiedSource: Wikidata.Confidence: medium.

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Girls rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #553 to #1093.200020052010201520202025#553#1093
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
1996#1031
1997#926
1998#955
1999#1018
2000#930
2001#898
2002#861
2003#933
2004#736
2005#645
2006#1004
2007#645
2008#639
2009#701
2010#1093
2011#894
2012#789
2013#925
2014#832
2015#819
2016#714
2017#771
2018#553
2019#737
2020#582
2021#564
2022#591
2023#574
2024#638
2025#747

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 39 of the 71 years from 1952 to 2022.

In 2025: #413 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #747 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1952

    First recorded at #86 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    New South Wales, Australia · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1952–1953

    Highest recorded position: #86 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1953).

    New South Wales, Australia · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #747 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #86 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Gloria'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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesfemale#74749HighVerified
2024England and Walesfemale#63861HighVerified
2023England and Walesfemale#57467HighVerified
2022England and Walesfemale#59165HighVerified
2021England and Walesfemale#56470HighVerified
2020England and Walesfemale#58267HighVerified
2019England and Walesfemale#73752HighVerified
2018England and Walesfemale#55375HighVerified
2017England and Walesfemale#77151HighVerified
2016England and Walesfemale#71457HighVerified
2015England and Walesfemale#81946HighVerified
2014England and Walesfemale#83246HighVerified
2013England and Walesfemale#92540HighVerified
2012England and Walesfemale#78949HighVerified
2011England and Walesfemale#89440HighVerified
2010England and Walesfemale#109330HighVerified
2009England and Walesfemale#70152HighVerified
2008England and Walesfemale#63958HighVerified
2007England and Walesfemale#64554HighVerified
2006England and Walesfemale#100428HighVerified
2005England and Walesfemale#64548HighVerified
2004England and Walesfemale#73638HighVerified
2003England and Walesfemale#93326HighVerified
2002England and Walesfemale#86127HighVerified
2001England and Walesfemale#89825HighVerified
2000England and Walesfemale#93023HighVerified
1999England and Walesfemale#101820HighVerified
1998England and Walesfemale#95522HighVerified
1997England and Walesfemale#92623HighVerified
1996England and Walesfemale#103119HighVerified
1953New South Wales, Australiafemale#9967InsufficientNot yet available
1952New South Wales, Australiafemale#8685InsufficientNot yet available
1955New Zealandfemale#9960HighVerified
1954New Zealandfemale#8867HighVerified
2022Norwayfemale#4455HighVerified
2021Norwayfemale#4774HighVerified
2020Norwayfemale#4196HighVerified
2017Norwayfemale#3999HighVerified
2014Norwayfemale#4806HighVerified
2011Norwayfemale#5804HighVerified
2010Norwayfemale#4817HighVerified
2009Norwayfemale#5156HighVerified
2008Norwayfemale#5904HighVerified
2006Norwayfemale#5974HighVerified
2000Norwayfemale#5954HighVerified
1991Norwayfemale#6464HighVerified
1990Norwayfemale#6005HighVerified
1986Norwayfemale#6464HighVerified
1985Norwayfemale#5576HighVerified
1984Norwayfemale#4997HighVerified
1983Norwayfemale#4418HighVerified
1981Norwayfemale#6284HighVerified
1980Norwayfemale#5695HighVerified
1978Norwayfemale#5565HighVerified
1977Norwayfemale#6034HighVerified
1975Norwayfemale#36510HighVerified
1972Norwayfemale#5964HighVerified
1970Norwayfemale#5325HighVerified
1969Norwayfemale#5524HighVerified
1968Norwayfemale#5394HighVerified
1967Norwayfemale#5484HighVerified
1966Norwayfemale#4286HighVerified
1965Norwayfemale#4506HighVerified
1964Norwayfemale#4296HighVerified
1962Norwayfemale#4036HighVerified
1959Norwayfemale#4554HighVerified
1958Norwayfemale#4115HighVerified
1957Norwayfemale#4534HighVerified
1956Norwayfemale#4414HighVerified
1955Norwayfemale#3756HighVerified
1954Norwayfemale#3427HighVerified
1953Norwayfemale#4194HighVerified
1952Norwayfemale#4094HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandfemale#4139HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandfemale#5047HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandfemale#4957HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandfemale#26616HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandfemale#36311HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandfemale#5446HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandfemale#34712HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandfemale#41110HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandfemale#5796HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandfemale#5856HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandfemale#8963HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandfemale#6615HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandfemale#42410HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandfemale#5607HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandfemale#41411HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandfemale#5936HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandfemale#4888HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandfemale#5976HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandfemale#5496HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandfemale#7643HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandfemale#6893HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandfemale#5115HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandfemale#3628HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandfemale#5124HighVerified
1992Republic of Irelandfemale#4564HighVerified
1984Republic of Irelandfemale#5163HighVerified
1983Republic of Irelandfemale#4385HighVerified
1982Republic of Irelandfemale#3996HighVerified
1981Republic of Irelandfemale#3637HighVerified
1980Republic of Irelandfemale#32210HighVerified
1979Republic of Irelandfemale#32110HighVerified
1978Republic of Irelandfemale#3627HighVerified
1977Republic of Irelandfemale#3488HighVerified
1976Republic of Irelandfemale#3129HighVerified
1975Republic of Irelandfemale#3796HighVerified
1974Republic of Irelandfemale#3009HighVerified
1973Republic of Irelandfemale#29211HighVerified
1972Republic of Irelandfemale#4713HighVerified
1971Republic of Irelandfemale#4663HighVerified
1970Republic of Irelandfemale#4473HighVerified
1968Republic of Irelandfemale#2877HighVerified
1967Republic of Irelandfemale#3155HighVerified
1966Republic of Irelandfemale#3803HighVerified
1965Republic of Irelandfemale#2975HighVerified
1964Republic of Irelandfemale#2746HighVerified

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

Where Gloria is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Gloria, between 1952 and 2025, in 65 of those 74 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

New South Wales, Austra…New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1952New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1953New South Wales, Australia: highest position in 1952NorwayNorway: recorded in 1952Norway: recorded in 1953Norway: recorded in 1954Norway: recorded in 1955Norway: recorded in 1956Norway: recorded in 1957Norway: recorded in 1958Norway: recorded in 1959Norway: recorded in 1962Norway: recorded in 1964Norway: recorded in 1965Norway: recorded in 1966Norway: recorded in 1967Norway: recorded in 1968Norway: recorded in 1969Norway: recorded in 1970Norway: recorded in 1972Norway: recorded in 1975Norway: recorded in 1977Norway: recorded in 1978Norway: recorded in 1980Norway: recorded in 1981Norway: recorded in 1983Norway: recorded in 1984Norway: recorded in 1985Norway: recorded in 1986Norway: recorded in 1990Norway: recorded in 1991Norway: recorded in 2000Norway: recorded in 2006Norway: recorded in 2008Norway: recorded in 2009Norway: recorded in 2010Norway: recorded in 2011Norway: recorded in 2014Norway: recorded in 2017Norway: recorded in 2020Norway: recorded in 2021Norway: recorded in 2022Norway: highest position in 1954New ZealandNew Zealand: recorded in 1954New Zealand: recorded in 1955New Zealand: highest position in 1954Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1964Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1965Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1966Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1967Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1968Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1970Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1971Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1972Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1973Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1974Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1975Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1976Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1977Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1978Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1979Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1980Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1981Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1982Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1983Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1984Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1992Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 2022England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 201819522025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
New South Wales, Australia1952–19532#86 in 1952
Norway1952–202239#342 in 1954
New Zealand1954–19552#88 in 1954
Republic of Ireland1964–202545#266 in 2022
England and Wales1996–202530#553 in 2018

Its high point came 70 years earlier in New South Wales, Australia (1952) than in Republic of Ireland (2022).

No registrar recorded it for 3 years after 1986; it appears again in 1990.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What is known about Gloria

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
5 official registrars, 1952–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Reported
A recorded pronunciation is available.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 5 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #86 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.