girl's name

Glorious

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 324

Glorious is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2023 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1948, when 15 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1925.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Glorious over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

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'20 '30 '40 '50 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Glorious by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 31
1930s 51
1940s 93
1950s 58
1980s 5
1990s 5
2000s 17
2010s 46
2020s (to 2023) 14

How popular is Glorious?

In 2023, Glorious was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Glorious is used

England & Wales #5,712 4 in 2013
United States #13,431 7 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Glorious

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Glorious also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Glorious over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Glorious

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Glorious — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Glorious

How popular is the name Glorious?

In 2023, Glorious was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Glorious a girl's or a boy's name?

Glorious is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Glorious?

Glorious has 3 syllables.

When was Glorious most popular?

Glorious peaked in 1948, when 15 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.