Feminine dossier · first seen 1898

Gladis

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gladis
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1990

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1898Peak 19902024

Peak year

1990

Decline from peak

85.5%

2024

All-time

3,060

Gladis has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1990, when 69 girls were named Gladis.

In 2024, only 10 girls were given the name.

Down 85.5% from its peak.

All told, about 3,060 Americans have been named Gladis and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1898.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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