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Baby name
Gladys
Girl
Origin of the name
Gladys comes from the Welsh Gwladys.
Classic name
266,718births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 22rank at its peak, in 1920
Where babies named Gladys are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Gladys is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Gladys is most common in North Dakota (2.6 times), South Dakota (2.3) and West Virginia (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Gladis 3,071
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