Glady vs Gladystine
American parents have registered 543 Gladys since 1880, against 9 Gladystines. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Glady Gladystine
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 64 years in which either name was published, Glady for 63 years and Gladystine for 1 year. The lead changed hands 2 times.
- 1901–1949 Glady ahead
- 1950 Gladystine ahead
- 1951–1981 Glady ahead
Side by side
| Glady | Gladystine | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 543 | 9 |
| Most in one year | 23 | 9 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 180 | 7 |
| Median age today | 70 | 75 |
| Peak year | 1917 | 1950 |
| Best rank | 1,923rd girls | 3,662nd girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1901 | 1950 |
| Girls / boys | 538 / 5 | 9 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Gladystines alive today are over 75; half the Gladys are over 70. That is 5 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Glady and Gladystine.