Glora

Girls' name

Glory, through Gloria

Glora has been given to 314 babies in the U.S. since 1922. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1929, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Glora, 1965

1 in 518,000

Glora over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Glora: meaning, origin, and history

Glory, through Gloria

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Glora means

Glora belongs to the name family reached through Glora → Gloria. Its meaning is “glory”.

Origin, language, and formation

Glora is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gloria.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 314 girls were recorded with the name Glora between 1922 and 1965. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1929; its best national rank was #2,043 in 1929.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Glora?

Glora had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1965, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1965: 1 in 518,000; 7 of 3,625,243 births
Among girls only: 1 in 252,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1965: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 358,976 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Glora sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1965 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 358,976 children born in 1965 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Glora. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gloras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Glora was born before 1938 — so the typical Glora is around 87 today.

Median birth year: 1938; About 87 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 26.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 45.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 78; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 26.4% of all recorded uses (83).

Is Glora rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1929 (17)
Years since peak: 96; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 47.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,043; 1929

Spellings of Glora

Glora is not the most common spelling — Gloria is, with 20.6% against Glora's 0.02%.

Gloria20.6%415,281
Lori16.9%341,911
Clara14.9%300,524
Nora9.6%193,138
Cora7.7%156,028
Dora5.2%105,930
Lola4.8%96,892
Flora3.5%70,971

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Glora by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,043; 1929
Peak year: 1929; 17 that year
First recorded: 1922
Last recorded: 1965
All-time count: 314
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Glora

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Evora Arora Kiora Fiora Diora Azora Glori Enora Gloris Glorie Adaora Sefora Jinora Melora Sanora Emora Eleora Noora Valora Velora Ziora Bora Lynora Onora

Sibling names for Glora

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Marvel Socorro Ofelia Edward Billy Donald Ardith Bennie

For a brother

Normand Frances Carrol Sanford Jules Bud Rolland Laverne

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