Gloriajean — girls' name
123 babies named Gloriajean in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1943. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
80% of everyone ever named Gloriajean was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Gloriajean in 1943 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gloriajean
The Social Security Administration has registered 123 babies named Gloriajean between 1941 and 1961, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gloriajean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gloriajean performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gloriajean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gloriajean in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gloriajean 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 123 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.
Gloriajean at a glance
Last recorded 1961Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gloriajean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1941
- Peak year (1943)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1961.
123 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1943 with 18 births in a single year.
Gloriajean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 98 births that decade — 80% of Gloriajean's all-time total
Gloriajean decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Gloriajean's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
Gloriajean by state
Where Gloriajean concentrates geographically — total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 4.1% |
5 of 123 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1941–1961 (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.