# Glory (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/glory/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,000 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 107 / 4,893 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 302, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From glory as a variant of the more common Gloria.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 2,673 |
| 2012 | 87 | 2,167 |
| 2013 | 74 | 2,445 |
| 2014 | 95 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 83 | 2,266 |
| 2016 | 112 | 1,844 |
| 2017 | 110 | 1,857 |
| 2018 | 107 | 1,881 |
| 2019 | 112 | 1,822 |
| 2020 | 101 | 1,899 |
| 2021 | 95 | 2,031 |
| 2022 | 99 | 1,980 |
| 2023 | 87 | 2,183 |
| 2024 | 89 | 2,141 |
| 2025 | 107 | 1,859 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 8 | 9,077 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,677 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,790 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,258 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,030 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,326 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,801 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,121 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,542 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,562 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,479 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1,746 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,070 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Glory

- Glory Johnson, American basketball player
- Glory Edim, American writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.