Gladstone — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gladstone

The Social Security Administration has registered 200 babies named Gladstone between 1898 and 1993, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gladstone currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gladstone performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gladstone shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gladstone in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gladstone in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 200 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.