Gloribel

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Gloribel has been given to 45 babies in the U.S. since 1971. 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 1989, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Gloribel, 2006

1 in 659,000

Gloribel 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gloribel: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gloribel means

Gloribel is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Gloribel is used in Spanish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Gloribel is pronounced /ɡloɾiˈbel/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 45 girls were recorded with the name Gloribel between 1971 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1989; its best national rank was #8,755 in 1971.

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.

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How common is Gloribel?

Gloribel had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2006: 1 in 659,000; 6 of 3,956,166 births
Among girls only: 1 in 317,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2006: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 457,035 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gloribel 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 2006 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 457,035 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gloribel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gloribels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gloribel was born before 1989 — so the typical Gloribel is around 36 today.

Median birth year: 1989; About 36 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 77.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 45; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (15).

Is Gloribel 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 1989 (8)
Years since peak: 36; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,755; 1971

Spellings of Gloribel

Gloribel is not the most common spelling — Claribel is, with 98.5% against Gloribel's 1.5%.

Claribel98.5%2,977
Gloribel1.5%45

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.

Gloribel 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: #8,755; 1971
Peak year: 1989; 8 that year
First recorded: 1971
Last recorded: 2006
All-time count: 45
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gloribel

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

Bonnibel Gloretta Crisbel Glossie Glodine Gloriane Glorietta Gloryann Glorene Glorimar Betzabel Aribel Jazbel Laurabel Gloriana Florabel Jetzabel Arisbel Gloriette Glorian Hiyabel Anaisabel Gloristine Yarisbel

Sibling names for Gloribel

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

Stephani Ashli Felisha Jalisa Britany Chantelle Leandra Lissette

For a brother

Elizabeth Kelsey Lauren Hakeem Demario Jerrell Arron Laron

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