Glady — girls' name
538 babies named Glady in U.S. Social Security records since 1901, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Glady was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Glady in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Glady
The Social Security Administration has registered 538 babies named Glady between 1901 and 1981, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Glady currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Glady performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Glady shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Glady 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 538 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.
Glady at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Glady popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1901
- Peak year (1917)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 81 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
538 total births across 81 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 18 births in a single year.
Glady popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1917 (Glady as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Glady accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Glady by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 123 births that decade — 23% of Glady's all-time total
Glady decade highlights
- Peak decade 123 births
- Runner-up 108 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Glady's strongest decade
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1901–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.