How Many People Are Named Glorious?
An estimated 180 people in the United States have the first name Glorious. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 48 years old, and Glorious peaked in popularity in 1948 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Glorious as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Glorious paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
180
About 1 in 1,904,191 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
48
years old
Peak Year
1948
15 births
Total Registered
320
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Glorious
Glorious is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 320 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Glorious as a female name
Ranked #12,577 in 2023
7 female births in 2023
Peak: 1948 (15 births)
Glorious: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Glorious span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1940s, when 93 babies were registered. Glorious has declined significantly from its peak in the 1940s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Glorious by Decade
How has Glorious tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Glorious + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Glorious as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Glorious
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
Glorious: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Glorious?
We estimate approximately 180 people named Glorious are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,904,191 Americans share this first name.
Is Glorious a common name?
Glorious is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 72.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 320 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Glorious most popular?
Glorious reached peak popularity in 1948, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Glorious is approximately 48 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Glorious a female name?
Glorious is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Glorious Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Glorious Smith, Glorious Johnson, Glorious Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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