How popular is “Glory” in the USA?

Number of people named “Glory” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Glory” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Glory” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Glory” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Glory” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Glory” by birth year

This chart shows how “Glory” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1915	5	0.000002729	5		100%
1916	5	0.000002585	5		100%
1917	13	0.000006478	13		100%
1918	11	0.000005067	11		100%
1919	8	0.000003791	8		100%
1920	10	0.00000442	10		100%
1921	10	0.000004284	10		100%
1922	9	0.000003932	9		100%
1923	12	0.000005212	12		100%
1924	16	0.000006718	16		100%
1925	20	0.000008572	20		100%
1926	25	0.000010889	25		100%
1927	19	0.000008192	19		100%
1928	25	0.000011057	25		100%
1929	21	0.00000958	21		100%
1930	17	0.000007646	17		100%
1931	24	0.000011405	24		100%
1932	21	0.000009947	21		100%
1933	22	0.000011003	22		100%
1934	28	0.000013482	28		100%
1935	23	0.000011005	23		100%
1936	21	0.000010108	21		100%
1937	21	0.000009856	21		100%
1938	19	0.000008587	19		100%
1939	26	0.0000118	26		100%
1940	32	0.000013897	32		100%
1941	25	0.000010261	25		100%
1942	31	0.000011348	31		100%
1943	36	0.000012754	36		100%
1944	28	0.000010409	28		100%
1945	57	0.000021486	57		100%
1946	38	0.000011892	38		100%
1947	47	0.000013047	47		100%
1948	49	0.000014193	49		100%
1949	47	0.000013487	47		100%
1950	42	0.000011988	42		100%
1951	43	0.000011673	43		100%
1952	70	0.000018431	70		100%
1953	52	0.000013494	52		100%
1954	53	0.000013314	53		100%
1955	47	0.000011706	47		100%
1956	53	0.000012855	53		100%
1957	61	0.000014516	61		100%
1958	57	0.000013788	57		100%
1959	60	0.00001443	60		100%
1960	63	0.000015167	63		100%
1961	58	0.000014002	58		100%
1962	66	0.000016355	66		100%
1963	56	0.000014148	56		100%
1964	39	0.000010032	39		100%
1965	52	0.000014343	52		100%
1966	36	0.000010358	36		100%
1967	23	0.000006775	23		100%
1968	37	0.000010952	37		100%
1969	35	0.000010071	35		100%
1970	40	0.000011091	40		100%
1971	37	0.00001078	37		100%
1972	33	0.0000105	33		100%
1973	30	0.000009944	30		100%
1974	38	0.0000125	38		100%
1975	31	0.000010267	31		100%
1976	35	0.000011535	35		100%
1977	20	0.000006296	20		100%
1978	30	0.000009452	30		100%
1979	33	0.000009919	33		100%
1980	31	0.000009	31		100%
1981	26	0.000007516	26		100%
1982	24	0.000006842	24		100%
1983	36	0.000010395	36		100%
1984	21	0.000006019	21		100%
1985	20	0.000005604	20		100%
1986	24	0.000006747	24		100%
1987	22	0.000006102	22		100%
1988	22	0.000005954	22		100%
1989	32	0.000008324	32		100%
1990	33	0.000008349	33		100%
1991	26	0.000006675	26		100%
1992	33	0.000008591	33		100%
1993	36	0.000009548	36		100%
1994	34	0.000009146	34		100%
1995	27	0.000007373	27		100%
1996	41	0.000011242	41		100%
1997	58	0.000015997	58		100%
1998	35	0.000009516	35		100%
1999	51	0.000013807	51		100%
2000	52	0.000013757	52		100%
2001	55	0.000014693	55		100%
2002	59	0.000015783	59		100%
2003	63	0.000016569	63		100%
2004	62	0.000016226	62		100%
2005	67	0.000017426	67		100%
2006	67	0.000016935	67		100%
2007	65	0.000016259	65		100%
2008	62	0.000015773	62		100%
2009	54	0.000014135	54		100%
2010	80	0.000021647	80		100%
2011	66	0.000018044	66		100%
2012	87	0.000023788	87		100%
2013	82	0.000022492	74	8	80%
2014	95	0.000025632	95		100%
2015	93	0.000025129	83	10	78%
2016	122	0.000033254	112	10	84%
2017	121	0.000033835	110	11	82%
2018	114	0.000032424	107	7	88%
2019	123	0.000035437	112	11	82%
2020	116	0.000034725	101	15	74%
2021	103	0.000030402	95	8	84%
2022	108	0.000031923	99	9	83%
2023	86	0.000025972	86		100%
2024	98	0.000029443	89	9	82%

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