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The name Gloria peaked for boys at #878 in 1940. Gloria is also used for girls, ranking #655 in 2025.

The name Gloria is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "glory".

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Gloria is beginning to move beyond its de-glamorized Grandma image, most recently thanks to glamorous young Hollywood parents Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, who chose it for their second daughter. Gyllenhaal was quoted as saying they had been inspired by Patti Smith's rendition of the Van Morrison song "Gloria" at a concert and thought " 'We'll name our daughter that one day'."
 George Bernard Shaw was one of the first to use this form of the ancient Latin name GLORIANA in his 1898 play You Never Can Tell It was a Top 25 name in the Gloria (born Josephine) Swanson era of the 1920s,--reaching as high as Number 20 in 1925-26) and held on in the Top 50 until 1955.
 Most prominent current adult bearers: Gloria Steinem and Gloria Estefan. Glorias have also figured prominently in TV sitcoms--as Archie and Edith's only child on All in the Family and the sexpot character played by Sofia Vergara on Modern Family.

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The name Gloria is currently ranked #655 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #20 in 1926. The name is most popular in GLORIA, GLORIA, and GLORIA. Gloria is occasionally used for boys in 1997.

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