girl's name

Glorya

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 191

Glorya is a girl's name. In 2008 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1926, when 13 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1922.

Glorya over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2008, not a full ten years.

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Births named Glorya by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 58
1930s 19
1940s 32
1950s 20
1980s 5
2000s (to 2008) 12

How popular is Glorya?

In 2008, Glorya was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Glorya is used

France #6,478 5 in 2025
United States #18,967 5 in 2008

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 Glorya

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

Parents who like Glorya also like

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

Sibling names for Glorya

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

Common questions about Glorya

How popular is the name Glorya?

In 2008, Glorya was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Glorya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Glorya most popular?

Glorya peaked in 1926, when 13 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Glorya a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Glorya currently ranks #6,478 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.