How rare is the name Gladis?

7,911 people in the United States have the first name Gladis, about 1 in 38,179. It ranks #2,890 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GLADIS

#2,890

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,911
About
1 in 38,179
This common or more
81.1%
Who bears it

Of the 7,911 people named Gladis, 90.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5% as White and 3.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gladis peaked in 1990, when 69 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18982025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
69
In 2025*
11 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,076 babies have been given the name since 1898. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Gladis by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #1,862. The largest share of babies named Gladis, 26.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1890s#3,6367
1900s#1,862107
1910s#2,020319
1920s#2,066459
1930s#2,624266
1940s#4,109143
1950s#5,293120
1960s#8,63256
1970s#9,27382
1980s#5,427256
1990s#3,923567
2000s#5,637464
2010s#12,528157
2020s#14,28773
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2726.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4513.9%
Baby boom 1946–646.4%
Generation X 1965–804.3%
Millennials 1981–9621.5%
Generation Z 1997–1221.6%
2013 and later5.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Gladis is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gladis has been most common in California (5.3×), Mississippi (4.3×), and Texas (3.7×), and least common in Georgia (1.3×).

1,131 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Gladis

#2,888 Kerrie · 7,918#2,889 Giana · 7,912#2,891 Bowen · 7,909#2,891 Carmelita · 7,909

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gladis, most common first.

#644 Gladys · 81,883#32,331 Gladiz · 261#47,514 Glades · 137#53,155 Gladies · 102

Also a last name

As a last name, Gladis ranks #64,670 of 156,621, with 332 people. See Gladis as a last name

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