Gladys
2 countries#3211 in United States, 2025US
#3211
in United States, 2025
FR
#1467
in France, 2022
Total births recorded
277,785
Peak year (United States)
1921
Peak-year count
8,837
First recorded
1880
Popularity across 2 countries
Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Gladys was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.
United StatesFrance
Country by country
United States
267,741 births recorded 1880–2025 · currently #3211 · peaked in 1921 with 8,837 births
Most common in: New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia
Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data
France
10,044 births recorded 1900–2022 · currently #1467 · peaked in 1974 with 344 births
Most common in: Guadeloupe, Martinique, La Réunion, Paris, Nord
Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data
United States rank history
Gladys’s rank among girls’ names, most recent 20 years on record.
| Year | Rank | vs. prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #1173 | — |
| 2007 | #1459 | ↓286 |
| 2008 | #1657 | ↓198 |
| 2009 | #1792 | ↓135 |
| 2010 | #1942 | ↓150 |
| 2011 | #2298 | ↓356 |
| 2012 | #2315 | ↓17 |
| 2013 | #2568 | ↓253 |
| 2014 | #2442 | ↑126 |
| 2015 | #2259 | ↑183 |
| 2016 | #2502 | ↓243 |
| 2017 | #2464 | ↑38 |
| 2018 | #3438 | ↓974 |
| 2019 | #2681 | ↑757 |
| 2020 | #2277 | ↑404 |
| 2021 | #2751 | ↓474 |
| 2022 | #2689 | ↑62 |
| 2023 | #2789 | ↓100 |
| 2024 | #3459 | ↓670 |
| 2025 | #3211 | ↑248 |