Gloriana vs Glorianna
American parents have registered 803 Glorianas since 1880, against 528 Gloriannas. But in 2025 it was Glorianna that was commoner, 15 babies to 14.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Gloriana 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 72 years in which either name was published, Gloriana for 45 years and Glorianna for 27 years. The lead changed hands 28 times.
- 1921–1949 Glorianna ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1954–1957 Gloriana ahead
- 1959–1966 Glorianna ahead
- 1976–1989 Gloriana ahead
- 1992–1994 Glorianna ahead
- 1997–2024 Gloriana ahead, apart from one short spell
21 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Gloriana | Glorianna | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 803 | 528 |
| Most in one year | 37 | 22 |
| Babies in 2025 | 14 | 15 |
| Estimated living today | 760 | 470 |
| Median age today | 14 | 19 |
| Peak year | 2018 | 2012 |
| Best rank | 3,918th girls | 5,895th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 7,491st | 7,133rd |
| First recorded | 1929 | 1921 |
| Girls / boys | 803 / 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 Gloriannas alive today are over 19; half the Glorianas are over 14. 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: Gloriana and Glorianna.