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Gladys Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Gladys: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 266,718 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
266,718
Peak year
1920 #22
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-15.4%

In the 1920s · Most used in PA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
201181#2306
201281#2322
201369#2578
201474#2453
201583#2265
201672#2508
201773#2472
201845#3454
201964#2693
202078#2293
202162#2760
202264#2709
202361#2796
202445#3473
202549#3224

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1920

PA
578
NY
572
TX
464
GA
398
IL
386
NC
384

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