Gladis
Gladis was given to 11 girls in 2025, #9,062 among girls’ names; 3,076 Americans have been recorded with it since 1898 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,850 Americans named Gladis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 21 and 42.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gladis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gladis mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Gladis is “a female given name, variant of Gladys”
/ˈɡladis/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gladis?
#9,062 among girls’ names, 2025
Gladis fell from #7,082 in 2015 to #9,062 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 9.5 to 6.8 per million.
69 babies in 1990, the peak
Gladis peaked in 1990, when 69 girls were given it, #1,973 among girls’ names. The 11 births of 2025 are 16% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #9,062 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,798 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 11 | #9,201 | 6.9 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,396 | 9.1 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,762 | 8.5 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,577 | 7.4 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,771 | 5.4 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,296 | 7.6 |
| 2017 | 8 | #12,010 | 4.6 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,071 | 6.8 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | #7,082 | 9.5 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,680 | 12.9 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,899 | 8.5 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,963 | 8.5 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,662 | 10.8 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,301 | 14.6 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,045 | 20.7 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,115 | 20.1 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,834 | 33.3 |
| 2006 | 54 | #3,102 | 28.4 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,280 | 25.4 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,578 | 22.3 |
| 2003 | 58 | #2,715 | 31.7 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,537 | 21.1 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,503 | 21.1 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,953 | 26.4 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,867 | 26.5 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,806 | 26.6 |
| 1997 | 45 | #2,741 | 25.9 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,288 | 33.1 |
| 1995 | 66 | #2,054 | 37.5 |
| 1994 | 49 | #2,550 | 27.4 |
| 1993 | 66 | #2,071 | 36.5 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,195 | 33.1 |
| 1991 | 59 | #2,217 | 31.5 |
| 1990 | 69 | #1,973 | 36.3 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,675 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,707 | 10.1 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,451 | 15.0 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,927 | 12.2 |
| 1985 | 20 | #4,024 | 11.6 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,546 | 13.7 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,085 | 16.2 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,602 | 21.3 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,773 | 12.6 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,644 | 13.3 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,096 | 11.2 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,171 | 5.2 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,625 | 7.2 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,335 | 7.5 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,419 | 4.8 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,125 | 7.5 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,305 | 6.9 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,367 | 3.4 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,861 | 3.0 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,837 | 4.3 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,138 | 3.0 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,914 | 3.0 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,861 | 2.8 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,452 | 5.3 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,508 | 3.6 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,485 | 3.6 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,699 | 2.5 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,219 | 3.5 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,806 | 5.5 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,668 | 3.9 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,100 | 7.5 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,164 | 2.6 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,843 | 3.6 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,860 | 8.0 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,527 | 9.7 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,620 | 8.9 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,377 | 10.5 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,010 | 4.7 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,746 | 8.2 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,317 | 6.2 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,528 | 9.5 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,488 | 6.1 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,324 | 11.3 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,608 | 9.3 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,823 | 16.3 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,836 | 16.6 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,988 | 14.9 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,562 | 21.9 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,155 | 13.6 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,748 | 18.8 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,563 | 22.1 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,394 | 26.7 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,298 | 29.7 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,568 | 22.8 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,224 | 32.8 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,320 | 29.1 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,262 | 32.0 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,351 | 28.7 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,320 | 29.5 |
| 1927 | 49 | #1,093 | 41.1 |
| 1926 | 54 | #1,016 | 45.6 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,423 | 27.1 |
| 1924 | 47 | #1,143 | 37.6 |
| 1923 | 58 | #980 | 48.1 |
| 1922 | 52 | #1,048 | 43.3 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,157 | 35.7 |
| 1920 | 51 | #1,045 | 42.6 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,144 | 37.2 |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,208 | 33.7 |
| 1917 | 38 | #1,170 | 35.1 |
| 1916 | 50 | #970 | 47.9 |
| 1915 | 40 | #1,061 | 40.7 |
| 1914 | 36 | #995 | 47.3 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,246 | 33.6 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,229 | 34.0 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,043 | 43.0 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,136 | 40.4 |
| 1909 | 22 | #877 | 63.4 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,297 | 32.9 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,054 | 43.9 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,625 | 23.7 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,118 | 41.1 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,199 | 36.3 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,676 | 22.9 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,366 | 30.3 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,172 | 37.6 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,491 | 26.7 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,423 | 27.1 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Gladis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gladis has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 124 years of records.
Girls and boys named Gladis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gladis, and how old are they?
1,850 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 3,076 Americans ever recorded as Gladis. The median Gladis alive today is 31 years old; half are between 21 and 42.
The 2020 Census counted 7,911 people named Gladis (7,882 women and girls, 29 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,910 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 104 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 149 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 123 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 645 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 656 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 169 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Gladis born?
The states with the most babies named Gladis are California, Texas and Mississippi, with 87% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 606 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Texas | 320 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Mississippi | 63 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Georgia | 41 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Arkansas | 23 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Alabama | 16 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Arizona | 13 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Louisiana | 11 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| South Carolina | 11 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Tennessee | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Gladis is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Gladis is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 2.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Gladis with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 271,512 babies since 1880, Gladis is the second most given (1.1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 11 of their 60 babies (18%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gladis
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1890-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Madolyn | 1,743 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gladis and names like it
- Compare Gladis and GladysBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sGladis peaked in 1990.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gladis since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Gladis: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1990The year the most babies were named Gladis.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Gladis alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with GMost given first.