How rare is the name Glory?

4,831 people in the United States have the first name Glory, about 1 in 62,519. It ranks #4,017 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

GLORY

#4,017

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,831
About
1 in 62,519
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,831 people named Glory, 36% reported their origin as Black, 32.2% as White and 13.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 96.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Glory peaked in 2019, when 123 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
123
In 2025*
116 ▼6%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,000 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.

Glory by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #2,309. The largest share of babies named Glory, 27.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#6,31342
1920s#3,900167
1930s#2,925222
1940s#2,355390
1950s#2,309538
1960s#2,708465
1970s#3,863327
1980s#5,400258
1990s#5,203374
2000s#4,706606
2010s#3,589983
2020s#3,460628
Greatest Generation 1901–273.3%
Silent Generation 1928–459.5%
Baby boom 1946–6420%
Generation X 1965–8010.8%
Millennials 1981–969.1%
Generation Z 1997–1219.7%
2013 and later27.6%

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 Glory is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Glory has been most common in Mississippi (7.9×), Texas (3.1×), and California (2.4×), and least common in Illinois (0.49×).

1,488 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.

Exactly as common as Glory

2 other first names also have 4,831 people.

#4,017 Candido · 4,831#4,017 Jerrell · 4,831

Either side of Glory

#4,016 Flynn · 4,832#4,017 Candido · 4,831#4,017 Jerrell · 4,831#4,020 Winona · 4,829

Spelled almost the same

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

#15,506 Glori · 741#25,865 Glora · 364#39,388 Glorya · 192

Also a last name

As a last name, Glory ranks #66,670 of 156,621, with 320 people. See Glory as a last name

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