girl's name

Glory

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 5,580

Scotland

#935

2012 births

Glory is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 116 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2019, when 123 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 28,581 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1915.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Glory over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Glory by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 42
1920s 167
1930s 222
1940s 390
1950s 538
1960s 465
1970s 327
1980s 258
1990s 374
2000s 606
2010s 983
2020s (to 2025) 628

How popular is Glory?

In 2025, Glory was given to 116 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Glory is used

Scotland #935 3 in 2012
Ireland #984 3 in 2014
United States #1,861 116 in 2025
Canada #2,036 11 in 2024
England & Wales #4,583 5 in 2025
France #6,588 5 in 2024

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 Glory

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

Parents who like Glory also like

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

Sibling names for Glory

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

Common questions about Glory

How popular is the name Glory?

In 2025, Glory was given to 116 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Glory is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Glory?

Glory has 2 syllables.

When was Glory most popular?

Glory peaked in 2019, when 123 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Glory a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Glory currently ranks #1,861 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.