Girls' name · since 1922
Glorya
Since 1922, U.S. Social Security records show 146 babies named Glorya, peaking in 1926. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,034 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 1922
- 1920s
- peak decade
Glorya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 146 have been recorded since 1922.
Glorya has 146 recorded births among girls since 1922, 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 1922 to 2008.
- #23,034 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 146 born since 1922
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Glorya ranks #23,034 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 1922, peaking in the 1920s.
- #23,034 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 1922
- 1920s
- peak decade
Glorya's 146 recorded births place it above 68.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Glorya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Glorya splits its recorded history at 1944: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1943 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1926 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Glorya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2008
- Peak year (1926)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 87 years of records
Glorya by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (58 births, 40% of the file).
1920s was Glorya's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Glorya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
58 births
- 1930s 19
1930s
19 births
- 1940s
1940s
32 births
- 1950s 20
1950s
20 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 58 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Glorya's decade-level peak was the 1920s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- 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 Glorya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~86 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, 1922–2008 (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 Glorya 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.