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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Gladis

Gladis was the 9065th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1909, when it ranked 877th; the most babies were born in 1990 (69). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,980 places. More babies were named Gladis in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Meaning (as Gladys) Welsh Gwladus (origin uncertain) · Welsh

Rank in 2025
#9,065 girls, down 483 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
11girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
199069 babies
Total since 1880
3,076babies recorded

What does the name Gladis mean?

Gladis is a spelling of Gladys, pronounced the same way, so it shares Gladys's meaning and origin.

Gladys is the anglicized form of Welsh Gwladus, as Wiktionary notes, the name of a 5th-century saint, Gwladys, wife of Saint Gwynllyw. Its origin is uncertain; it is perhaps connected with Welsh gwlad 'country, land'. It is often linked to Latin Claudia, but that is not established. Gladys became popular in Britain and the US in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Gwladus (Welsh, “Gladys”)gwlad (Welsh, “country, land (proposed)”)

How sure is this? Uncertain. Wiktionary: of uncertain origin.

Other explanations you may read: A Welsh form of Claudia.

Related names: Gwladys, Glad.

See also: Welsh names.

Sources for this meaning

Gladis popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1925.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#9,06511
2020#8,58212
2010#5,30326
2000#2,95748
1990#1,97869
1980#3,64522
1970#7,3686
1960#6,7005
1950#2,37818
1940#1,98917
1930#1,26236
1920#1,04551
1910#1,13616
1900#1,4928
1890——
1880——

How popular is Gladis, counting every spelling?

Gladis is a spelling of Gladys, a name family that had 60 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 60 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Gladys49#3,224281
Gladis11#9,06561

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Gladis?

11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Gladis (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Gladis born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Gladis.

Chance of another Gladis in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Gladis?

About 1,800 people born in the US named Gladis are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 21 and 42. That makes Gladis mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Gladis by state

How common Gladis was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Gladis, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Gladis: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Gladis, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Gladis

What does Gladis mean?

Gladis is a spelling of Gladys, usually explained as “Welsh Gwladus (origin uncertain)”, but this is uncertain. Certainty: uncertain.

How popular is the name Gladis?

Gladis was the 9065th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1909, when it ranked 877th; the most babies were born in 1990 (69). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,980 places. More babies were named Gladis in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Gladis a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Gladis in the US.

Where is Gladis most popular?

In 2021–2025, Gladis was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).