Gladys Name Popularity

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How popular is Gladys?

In 2018 the rare name Gladys, ranked the 3,439th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Gladys is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #11 was reached in 1901.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1920 with 8,819 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Gladys was 20 in 1880.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Gladys occurred roughly during the years 1880-1900, 1905-1908, and 1909-1915, whereas 1930-1940, 1941-1945, 1949-1952, 1953-1959, 1963-1966, 1969-1972, 1975-1978, 1995-1998, 2005-2011, and 2015-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

For a number of years, the name Gladys has been spiralling downward in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Gladys lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Gladys?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The name Gladys is very unique and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Gladys has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Gladys (Girl)		Gladys (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		45	3,439	< 5	--
2017		73	2,462	< 5	--
2016		72	2,505	< 5	--
2015		83	2,258	< 5	--
2014		74	2,447	< 5	--
2013		69	2,571	< 5	--
2012		81	2,320	< 5	--
2011		81	2,305	< 5	--
2010		103	1,949	< 5	--
2009		120	1,795	< 5	--
2008		135	1,659	< 5	--
2007		160	1,461	< 5	--
2006		207	1,174	< 5	--
2005		203	1,145	< 5	--
2004		186	1,202	< 5	--
2003		190	1,140	< 5	--
2002		198	1,074	< 5	--
2001		184	1,136	< 5	--
2000		184	1,108	< 5	--
1999		214	967	< 5	--
1998		192	1,033	< 5	--
1997		250	830	< 5	--
1996		277	766	< 5	--
1995		282	726	< 5	--
1994		288	722	< 5	--
1993		321	680	< 5	--
1992		313	690	< 5	--
1991		332	660	5	8,665
1990		448	529	< 5	--
1989		265	743	< 5	--
1988		243	771	< 5	--
1987		236	763	6	6,386
1986		231	753	< 5	--
1985		256	692	< 5	--
1984		226	725	< 5	--
1983		216	753	5	6,627
1982		292	617	< 5	--
1981		255	679	6	5,758
1980		291	628	< 5	--
1979		237	714	< 5	--
1978		201	768	< 5	--
1977		270	623	< 5	--
1976		257	609	5	5,913
1975		311	550	< 5	--
1974		267	593	< 5	--
1973		270	585	< 5	--
1972		244	632	< 5	--
1971		343	534	< 5	--
1970		365	524	5	4,990
1969		398	485	< 5	--
1968		382	496	< 5	--
1967		441	453	< 5	--
1966		435	449	< 5	--
1965		579	379	< 5	--
1964		626	384	< 5	--
1963		688	363	6	3,781
1962		714	357	< 5	--
1961		820	328	< 5	--
1960		861	320	< 5	--
1959		845	321	6	3,745
1958		952	291	5	4,159
1957		1,070	265	< 5	--
1956		1,173	243	5	4,154
1955		1,228	231	6	3,657
1954		1,263	226	9	2,820
1953		1,368	216	< 5	--
1952		1,304	215	5	3,948
1951		1,450	199	5	3,910
1950		1,528	182	< 5	--
1949		1,545	178	9	2,682
1948		1,601	173	6	3,447
1947		1,820	165	< 5	--
1946		1,714	157	6	3,307
1945		1,708	141	< 5	--
1944		1,901	137	7	2,960
1943		2,111	131	< 5	--
1942		2,191	127	7	3,046
1941		2,222	118	16	1,788
1940		2,246	116	11	2,231
1939		2,417	104	22	1,432
1938		2,589	104	16	1,769
1937		2,872	86	18	1,658
1936		2,944	84	14	1,914
1935		3,148	78	16	1,782
1934		3,611	66	27	1,300
1933		3,581	60	32	1,169
1932		4,184	54	16	1,872
1931		4,351	55	30	1,263
1930		5,064	48	25	1,477
1929		5,328	44	23	1,542
1928		5,794	41	32	1,282
1927		6,414	37	38	1,168
1926		6,633	35	27	1,416
1925		7,232	33	29	1,369
1924		7,791	30	20	1,802
1923		7,695	29	25	1,521
1922		8,042	25	21	1,724
1921		8,813	24	23	1,609
1920		8,819	22	13	2,377
1919		8,717	21	24	1,502
1918		8,735	22	25	1,468
1917		8,075	23	34	1,156
1916		8,019	22	30	1,223
1915		7,857	21	29	1,225
1914		6,227	20	33	975
1913		5,428	19	19	1,187
1912		4,980	19	18	1,113
1911		3,933	18	14	908
1910		3,842	15	20	663
1909		3,538	15	12	867
1908		3,580	15	16	667
1907		3,303	14	14	717
1906		3,000	16	12	725
1905		2,996	14	17	578
1904		2,976	14	11	740
1903		2,674	14	12	673
1902		2,809	12	12	666
1901		2,676	11	10	701
1900		2,733	21	16	636
1899		2,228	20	8	813
1898		2,136	27	9	774
1897		1,737	32	9	749
1896		1,757	33	5	1,161
1895		1,464	41	6	1,019
1894		1,258	47	< 5	--
1893		1,017	58	< 5	--
1892		867	65	< 5	--
1891		633	70	< 5	--
1890		525	82	< 5	--
1889		414	96	< 5	--
1888		314	117	< 5	--
1887		201	134	< 5	--
1886		131	176	< 5	--
1885		91	197	< 5	--
1884		92	193	< 5	--
1883		71	207	< 5	--
1882		46	257	< 5	--
1881		40	253	< 5	--
1880		20	370	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.