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Glory

#1,859 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded; English origin

Glory has been given to 5,000 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #1,859 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 112 recorded.

Babies named Glory, 2025

1 in 31,000

Glory over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Glory: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; English origin

English

What Glory means

Glory is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From glory as a variant of the more common Gloria.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Glory (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Glory is used in English. Its origins include English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,893 girls were recorded with the name Glory between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 112 in 2016; its best national rank was #1,025 in 1945.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,899 in 2020 to #1,859 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,266 in 2015 to #1,859 in 2025.

In the United States, 107 boys were recorded with the name Glory between 2013 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2020; its best national rank was #5,797 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,797 in 2020 to #8,475 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,672 in 2015 to #8,475 in 2025.

How common is Glory?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 31,000
107 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 15,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,859
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
21,477 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Glory 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 2025 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 21,477 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Glory. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Glorys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Glory was born before 1991 — so the typical Glory is around 34 today.

Median birth year
1991
About 34 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
18.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
42.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,072
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 18.9% of all recorded uses (926).

Is Glory 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
+282
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+40
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+407
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.29×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
95.5%
Peak was 2016 (112)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,025
1945

Spellings of Glory

Glory is not the most common spelling — Gloria is, with 41.5% against Glory's 0.49%.

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.

Where Glory is used

Across 2016–2025, Glory was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 19,910 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

19 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in 11,111
  2. 2Maryland1 in 12,500
  3. 3Florida1 in 14,286
  4. 4New York1 in 14,286
  5. 5Texas1 in 14,286
  6. 6Indiana1 in 16,667
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 16,667
  8. 8California1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Glory around the world

Where Glory ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #4,201
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2012–2012
    #815
    in 2012
  • Ireland
    2002–2014
    #876
    in 2014
  • France
    1999–2024
    #5,076
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1998–2024
    #1,968
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1946–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Glory

People whose public names include Glory, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Glory in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Glory. Linked forms have their own page here.

HonorGloria

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Glory by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,859
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 40
Best rank ever
#1,025
1945
Peak year
2016
112 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,893
Count in 2025
107

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,475
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,678
Best rank ever
#5,797
2020
Peak year
2020
15 that year
First recorded
2013
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
107
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Glory

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

EmoryStoryToryCoryIvoryRoryMaloryMarjoryMemoryKoryAmoryAvoryGloriDoryElloryVictoryJoryGloraLoryGlorianaGregoryValoryGlorieGloris

Names with a curve like Glory

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Glory, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

EvangelinaDarlynJoellaPerryLuanaLaelLinneaHollisAdelaidaCamelliaEliaMoira

Sibling names for Glory

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

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