Girls' name · since 1913
Gladyes
112 babies named Gladyes in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,862 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 112
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
112 girls have been named Gladyes since 1913, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Gladyes has 112 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1934.
- #25,862 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 112 born since 1913
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gladyes ranks #25,862 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 112 born since 1913, peaking in the 1920s.
- #25,862 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 112
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Gladyes's 112 recorded births place it above 64.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gladyes's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gladyes splits its recorded history at 1923: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gladyes popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1934
- Peak year (1920)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Gladyes by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (70 births, 63% of the file).
1920s was Gladyes's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Gladyes births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 24
1910s
24 births
- 1920s
1920s
70 births
- 1930s 18
1930s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 70 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Gladyes's decade-level peak was the 1920s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gladyes: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–1934 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gladyes draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.