Gloriajean vs Glorianna
American parents have registered 528 Gloriannas since 1880, against 123 Gloriajeans. Glorianna is still ahead, with 15 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Gloriajean Glorianna
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 68 years in which either name was published, Glorianna for 55 years and Gloriajean for 13 years. The lead changed hands 4 times.
- 1921–1939 Glorianna ahead
- 1941–1952 Gloriajean ahead
- 1957–1959 Glorianna ahead
- 1961 Gloriajean ahead
- 1963–2025 Glorianna ahead
Side by side
| Gloriajean | Glorianna | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 123 | 528 |
| Most in one year | 18 | 22 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 15 |
| Estimated living today | 80 | 470 |
| Median age today | 79 | 19 |
| Peak year | 1943 | 2012 |
| Best rank | 2,079th girls | 5,895th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 7,133rd |
| First recorded | 1941 | 1921 |
| Girls / boys | 123 / 0 | 528 / 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 Gloriajeans alive today are over 79; half the Gloriannas are over 19. That is 60 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: Gloriajean and Glorianna.