Godfrey

#7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births

Peak · boys
#554
1888 · 13 births
Debut · boys
1880
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,245
since 1880

Godfrey over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Godfrey has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #554, 1888boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#7,67910
2024#9,8947
2023#8,2559
2022#7,76810
2021#6,33513
2020#6,62012
2019#6,10414
2018#7,61710
2017#8,8408
2016#8,8168
2015#10,6446
2014#6,30713
2013#6,60312
2012#5,48216
2011#8,0799
2010#7,08711
2009#12,4915
2008—
2007#6,62212
2006#8,7328
2005#6,22612
2004#6,13812
2003#7,8318
2002#5,39513
2001#7,5368
2000#7,4168
1999#4,16217
1998#4,41315
1997#5,64210
1996#3,67818
1995#3,43219
1994#4,09415
1993#3,36819
1992#4,32713
1991#3,46217
1990#2,78023
1989#2,90221
1988#2,86019
1987#2,94217
1986#3,13115
1985#2,29323
1984#2,95615
1983#2,49319
1982#2,20723
1981#2,33821
1980#2,21323
1979#2,56818
1978#2,37519
1977#2,13122
1976#2,05423
1975#2,13421
1974#2,79913
1973#2,21618
1972#1,56630
1971#1,91622
1970#1,84723
1969#1,68024
1968#1,78820
1967#1,65222
1966#1,68421
1965#2,17814
1964#1,37133
1963#1,40331
1962#1,36733
1961#1,25040
1960#1,43431
1959#1,33734
1958#1,17243
1957#1,31835
1956#1,25737
1955#1,19839
1954#1,29234
1953#1,17040
1952#1,26834
1951#1,19537
1950#1,13939
1949#1,09741
1948#93355
1947#96854
1946#1,11139
1945#1,18031
1944#1,23529
1943#1,18733
1942#1,24431
1941#1,58819
1940#1,06737
1939#1,19430
1938#1,14932
1937#1,40323
1936#1,22529
1935#1,27328
1934#1,24129
1933#1,58619
1932#1,17533
1931#1,05041
1930#1,19035
1929#1,13837
1928#1,14738
1927#1,01248
1926#93153
1925#98448
1924#1,11741
1923#91356
1922#1,22235
1921#95055
1920#91157
1919#91853
1918#77371
1917#80461
1916#1,04338
1915#91646
1914#87039
1913#87131
1912#73534
1911#1,03811
1910#98111
1909#89311
1908#1,2176
1907#9998
1906#64014
1905#66613
1904#68612
1903#1,1305
1902#1,0136
1901—
1900#83610
1899#7149
1898#66311
1897#7259
1896#7789
1895#68510
1894#9546
1893#7059
1892#8617
1891—
1890#6679
1889#8786
1888#55413
1887#6798
1886#60510
1885#60410
1884#6639
1883#59710
1882—
1881#5959
1880#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Godfrey was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Godfrey
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2,215 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #7,679)
  • 1,059 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #7,679)
  • 2,965 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #7,679)
  • Biggest jump: 444 spots in 1904 (#1,130 → #686)
  • Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1907 (#640 → #999)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #554 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1892–1900
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,296
  • Highest: 1 in 9,296 boys born in 1888 were named Godfrey (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.4% of all boys named Godfrey (468) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s84#554 (1888)#646
1890s79#663 (1898)#750
1900s85#640 (1906)#898
1910s395#735 (1912)#895
1920s468#911 (1920)#1,033
1930s299#1,050 (1931)#1,249
1940s369#933 (1948)#1,161
1950s372#1,139 (1950)#1,235
1960s269#1,250 (1961)#1,581
1970s209#1,566 (1972)#2,161
1980s196#2,207 (1982)#2,634
1990s166#2,780 (1990)#3,936
2000s86#5,395 (2002)#7,599
2010s107#5,482 (2012)#7,558
2020s61#6,335 (2021)#7,759

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Godfrey in 1920

boys
#911
57 births · 1 in 18,673 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #911Godfrey57
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 18,673 of them was named Godfrey, which outranked 81.7% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Godfrey
  1. #903Reinhold58
  2. #903Tracy58
  3. #903Wellington58
  4. #911Godfrey57
  5. #911Allison57
  6. #911Ardell57
  7. #911Artis57
  8. #923Durwood56
  9. #923Finis56
  10. #923Gardner56

Tied with 11 names at #911; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920 →