Girls' name · since 1925
Glorian
Since 1925, U.S. Social Security records show 120 babies named Glorian, peaking in 1930. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,106 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 120
- born since 1925
- 1930s
- peak decade
120 girls have been named Glorian since 1925, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Glorian has 120 recorded births among girls since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1998.
- #25,106 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 120 born since 1925
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Glorian ranks #25,106 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 120 born since 1925, peaking in the 1930s.
- #25,106 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 120
- born since 1925
- 1930s
- peak decade
Glorian's 120 recorded births place it above 65.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Glorian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Glorian's SSA record in two at 1935 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1927, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1930 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Glorian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1998
- Peak year (1930)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Glorian by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (55 births, 46% of the file).
1930s was Glorian's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Glorian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
23 births
- 1930s
1930s
55 births
- 1940s
1940s
36 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 55 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Glorian's decade-level peak was the 1930s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Glorian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1930)
Similar record span (~73 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, 1925–1998 (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 Glorian 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.