Gladyce — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gladyce

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,006 babies named Gladyce between 1895 and 1944, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gladyce currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1944. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gladyce performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 387 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gladyce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 143 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Nebraska and North Dakota. In total, SSA state-level files list Gladyce in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gladyce 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 1,006 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.