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Gladyes

100% girls · last recorded 1934

Gladyes has been given to about 112 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1920, which makes it a interwar name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 18
Median age today98 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Gladyes per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1920 · 11
  • Born in 20250
  • All time112

How popular is Gladyes?

Its best year was 1920, when 11 babies were given the name, ranking 2981st. The typical living American called Gladyes is about 98 years old today.

Names that sound like Gladyes

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Gladys0.76
  2. Aries0.60
  3. Frances0.57
  4. Agnes0.57
  5. Gaye0.58
  6. Gracie0.50
  7. Grace0.47
  8. Gayle0.47

Middle names for Gladyes

Ranked by flow score
  1. Gladyes Anne0.81
  2. Gladyes Catherine0.78
  3. Gladyes Josephine0.78
  4. Gladyes Rose0.77
  5. Gladyes Marie0.77
  6. Gladyes Eve0.77

Sibling names for Gladyes

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Luellasister · 0.58
  2. Cleoeither · 0.57
  3. Ilasister · 0.57
  4. Opalsister · 0.56
  5. Juniorbrother · 0.55
  6. Forestbrother · 0.48

Where Gladyes is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Gladyes Anderson0.77
    2. Gladyes White0.72
    3. Gladyes Nguyen0.72
    4. Gladyes Moore0.72
    5. Gladyes Hill0.72
    6. Gladyes Hall0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Gladyes

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.