GLADYS is ranked as the 339th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 197,962.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 62.08 people named GLADYS for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named GLADYS is 77,088.
The SSA data also shows that GLADYS is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
GLADYS is
66.8% White,
15.9% Hispanic origin,
13.6% Black,
1.7% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name GLADYS are not any more likely to be from one specific race or Hispanic origin than any other person drawn from the general population of the US.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name GLADYS is included in the following name categories:
English surname
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Feminine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name GLADYS
The state with the most people named
GLADYS is
Florida where
19,411 people have this name.
Mississippi is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named GLADYS, as
110.35 in every 100,000
Mississippians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
Mississippi is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
New Hampshire
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name GLADYS
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
7,301
56.69
99.4%
Indiana
3,258
49.39
98.8%
Iowa
1,618
52.07
98.5%
Kansas
1,828
62.96
98.0%
Michigan
4,609
46.51
99.5%
Minnesota
2,817
51.62
99.0%
Missouri
3,304
110.35
99.0%
Nebraska
1,176
62.51
97.2%
North Dakota
780
105.48
95.6%
Ohio
7,072
61
99.3%
South Dakota
937
109.86
96.0%
Wisconsin
2,629
45.66
98.9%
West States
State stats for the first name GLADYS
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
239
32.43
90.2%
Arizona
3,528
52.41
98.6%
California
17,447
44.96
99.7%
Colorado
2,026
37.83
98.3%
Hawaii
1,048
73.8
98.6%
Idaho
828
50.64
96.6%
Montana
722
70.51
95.9%
Nevada
1,642
57.82
98.1%
New Mexico
926
44.39
96.3%
Oregon
1,848
46.56
98.2%
Utah
762
25.89
96.5%
Washington
2,799
39.63
99.1%
Wyoming
270
46.29
91.9%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name GLADYS
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
1,399
38.89
98.3%
Maine
265
19.91
92.2%
Massachusetts
1,885
27.95
98.2%
New Hampshire
215
16.2
92.4%
New Jersey
3,992
44.67
99.1%
New York
10,863
55.01
99.7%
Pennsylvania
9,366
73.24
99.4%
Rhode Island
310
29.37
94.9%
Vermont
314
50.05
95.6%
South States
State stats for the first name GLADYS
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have GLADYS as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named GLADYS.
The most popular full name is GLADYS Smith.
0.90% of all the people named GLADYS
have this family name.
There are 16747 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name GLADYS