Gladys was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #11 in 1901 but is far less common today.
Gladys is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,224 for girl births in the United States (and #5,696 across all names), given to 49 babies. Gladys was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (8,819 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | #3,224 | — |
| 2024 | 45 | 45 | #3,473 | — |
| 2023 | 61 | 61 | #2,796 | — |
| 2022 | 64 | 64 | #2,709 | — |
| 2021 | 62 | 62 | #2,760 | — |
| 2020 | 78 | 78 | #2,293 | — |
| 2019 | 64 | 64 | #2,693 | — |
| 2018 | 45 | 45 | #3,454 | — |
| 2017 | 73 | 73 | #2,472 | — |
| 2016 | 72 | 72 | #2,508 | — |
| 2015 | 83 | 83 | #2,265 | — |
| 2014 | 74 | 74 | #2,453 | — |
| 2013 | 69 | 69 | #2,578 | — |
| 2012 | 81 | 81 | #2,322 | — |
| 2011 | 81 | 81 | #2,306 | — |
| 2010 | 103 | 103 | #1,950 | — |
| 2009 | 120 | 125 | #1,797 | — |
| 2008 | 135 | 135 | #1,659 | — |
| 2007 | 160 | 160 | #1,462 | — |
| 2006 | 207 | 207 | #1,175 | — |
| 2005 | 203 | 203 | #1,145 | — |
| 2004 | 186 | 186 | #1,203 | — |
| 2003 | 190 | 196 | #1,141 | — |
| 2002 | 198 | 203 | #1,074 | — |
| 2001 | 184 | 194 | #1,136 | — |
| 2000 | 184 | 193 | #1,108 | — |
| 1999 | 214 | 221 | #967 | — |
| 1998 | 192 | 201 | #1,034 | — |
| 1997 | 250 | — | #830 | — |
| 1996 | 277 | — | #766 | — |
| 1995 | 282 | — | #726 | — |
| 1994 | 288 | — | #721 | — |
| 1993 | 322 | — | #679 | — |
| 1992 | 313 | — | #690 | — |
| 1991 | 337 | — | #660 | #8,665 |
| 1990 | 448 | — | #529 | — |
| 1989 | 265 | — | #744 | — |
| 1988 | 243 | — | #771 | — |
| 1987 | 242 | — | #763 | #6,390 |
| 1986 | 231 | — | #753 | — |
| 1985 | 256 | — | #692 | — |
| 1984 | 226 | — | #724 | — |
| 1983 | 221 | — | #753 | #6,633 |
| 1982 | 291 | — | #618 | — |
| 1981 | 261 | — | #680 | #5,760 |
| 1980 | 290 | — | #629 | — |
| 1979 | 237 | — | #714 | — |
| 1978 | 201 | — | #767 | — |
| 1977 | 270 | — | #623 | — |
| 1976 | 262 | — | #610 | #5,915 |
| 1975 | 310 | — | #551 | — |
| 1974 | 268 | — | #591 | — |
| 1973 | 270 | — | #585 | — |
| 1972 | 244 | — | #632 | — |
| 1971 | 343 | — | #534 | — |
| 1970 | 371 | — | #523 | #4,993 |
| 1969 | 398 | — | #488 | — |
| 1968 | 381 | — | #496 | — |
| 1967 | 441 | — | #453 | — |
| 1966 | 434 | — | #450 | — |
| 1965 | 581 | — | #378 | — |
| 1964 | 625 | — | #385 | — |
| 1963 | 696 | — | #361 | #3,784 |
| 1962 | 714 | — | #356 | — |
| 1961 | 824 | — | #327 | — |
| 1960 | 860 | — | #320 | — |
| 1959 | 850 | — | #321 | #3,749 |
| 1958 | 960 | — | #290 | #4,164 |
| 1957 | 1,068 | — | #265 | — |
| 1956 | 1,179 | — | #243 | #4,155 |
| 1955 | 1,232 | — | #231 | #3,654 |
| 1954 | 1,273 | — | #226 | #2,822 |
| 1953 | 1,369 | — | #216 | — |
| 1952 | 1,309 | — | #215 | #3,945 |
| 1951 | 1,456 | — | #199 | #3,910 |
| 1950 | 1,526 | — | #182 | — |
| 1949 | 1,554 | — | #178 | #2,684 |
| 1948 | 1,608 | — | #173 | #3,448 |
| 1947 | 1,819 | — | #165 | — |
| 1946 | 1,721 | — | #157 | #3,308 |
| 1945 | 1,708 | — | #141 | — |
| 1944 | 1,908 | — | #137 | #2,961 |
| 1943 | 2,113 | — | #131 | — |
| 1942 | 2,199 | — | #127 | #3,046 |
| 1941 | 2,238 | — | #118 | #1,788 |
| 1940 | 2,257 | — | #116 | #2,231 |
| 1939 | 2,437 | — | #104 | #1,432 |
| 1938 | 2,607 | — | #103 | #1,772 |
| 1937 | 2,890 | — | #86 | #1,659 |
| 1936 | 2,958 | — | #84 | #1,916 |
| 1935 | 3,163 | — | #78 | #1,783 |
| 1934 | 3,638 | — | #66 | #1,301 |
| 1933 | 3,613 | — | #60 | #1,170 |
| 1932 | 4,201 | — | #54 | #1,874 |
| 1931 | 4,380 | — | #55 | #1,263 |
| 1930 | 5,091 | — | #48 | #1,476 |
| 1929 | 5,350 | — | #44 | #1,540 |
| 1928 | 5,823 | — | #41 | #1,283 |
| 1927 | 6,456 | — | #37 | #1,168 |
| 1926 | 6,661 | — | #35 | #1,416 |
| 1925 | 7,260 | — | #33 | #1,369 |
| 1924 | 7,810 | — | #30 | #1,802 |
| 1923 | 7,720 | — | #29 | #1,521 |
| 1922 | 8,063 | — | #25 | #1,724 |
| 1921 | 8,837 | — | #24 | #1,609 |
| 1920 | 8,832 | — | #22 | #2,377 |
| 1919 | 8,741 | — | #21 | #1,502 |
| 1918 | 8,759 | — | #22 | #1,468 |
| 1917 | 8,109 | — | #23 | #1,156 |
| 1916 | 8,049 | — | #22 | #1,223 |
| 1915 | 7,886 | — | #21 | #1,225 |
| 1914 | 6,260 | — | #20 | #975 |
| 1913 | 5,447 | — | #19 | #1,187 |
| 1912 | 4,998 | — | #19 | #1,113 |
| 1911 | 3,947 | — | #18 | #908 |
| 1910 | 3,862 | — | #15 | #663 |
| 1909 | 3,550 | — | #15 | #867 |
| 1908 | 3,596 | — | #15 | #667 |
| 1907 | 3,317 | — | #14 | #717 |
| 1906 | 3,012 | — | #16 | #725 |
| 1905 | 3,013 | — | #14 | #578 |
| 1904 | 2,987 | — | #14 | #739 |
| 1903 | 2,686 | — | #14 | #673 |
| 1902 | 2,821 | — | #12 | #666 |
| 1901 | 2,686 | — | #11 | #701 |
| 1900 | 2,749 | — | #21 | #636 |
| 1899 | 2,236 | — | #20 | #813 |
| 1898 | 2,145 | — | #27 | #774 |
| 1897 | 1,746 | — | #32 | #749 |
| 1896 | 1,762 | — | #33 | #1,161 |
| 1895 | 1,470 | — | #41 | #1,019 |
| 1894 | 1,258 | — | #47 | — |
| 1893 | 1,017 | — | #58 | — |
| 1892 | 867 | — | #65 | — |
| 1891 | 633 | — | #70 | — |
| 1890 | 525 | — | #82 | — |
| 1889 | 414 | — | #96 | — |
| 1888 | 314 | — | #117 | — |
| 1887 | 201 | — | #134 | — |
| 1886 | 131 | — | #176 | — |
| 1885 | 91 | — | #197 | — |
| 1884 | 92 | — | #193 | — |
| 1883 | 71 | — | #207 | — |
| 1882 | 46 | — | #257 | — |
| 1881 | 40 | — | #253 | — |
| 1880 | 20 | — | #370 | — |