Girls' name · since 1917
Gloris
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 314 babies named Gloris, peaking in 1932. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,523 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 314
- born since 1917
- 1930s
- peak decade
Gloris sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 314 recorded since 1917.
Gloris has 314 recorded births among girls since 1917, 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 1917 to 1958.
- #15,523 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 314 born since 1917
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gloris ranks #15,523 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 314 born since 1917, peaking in the 1930s.
- #15,523 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 314
- born since 1917
- 1930s
- peak decade
Gloris's 314 recorded births place it above 78.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gloris's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gloris's full recorded timeline at 1938, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1932 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gloris popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1958
- Peak year (1932)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1958.
314 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1932 with 19 births in a single year.
Gloris by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (115 births, 37% of the file).
1930s was Gloris's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Gloris births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
67 births
- 1930s
1930s
115 births
- 1940s
1940s
83 births
- 1950s 43
1950s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 115 births (37% of all-time use).
Gloris decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Gloris's data
- Gloris's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (115 total births) through the 1950s (43) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gloris: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1932)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1917–1958 (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 Gloris 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.
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