Gloria: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced GLOR-ee-uh · 3 syllables

Gloria means “glory”, from Latin.

From Latin gloria (“glory”), first used as a name in 19th-century literature.

How popular is Gloria?

Gloria was the #654 name in the US in 2025, given to 437 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1920.

Babies named Gloria in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1920).

Half of US adults named Gloria are older than 71; most are between 31 and 87. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Gloria have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Gloria means “glory”. It comes from Latin.

Gloria is pronounced GLOR-ee-uh.

Gloria was the #654 name in the US in 2025, given to 437 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1920.

Half of US adults named Gloria are older than 71. Most are between 31 and 87.