Golda
#2,645 for girls in 2025, 65 births
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 86 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,430since 1880
Golda over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Golda has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,645 | 65 |
| 2024 | #2,661 | 65 |
| 2023 | #2,704 | 64 |
| 2022 | #2,894 | 58 |
| 2021 | #2,751 | 62 |
| 2020 | #3,281 | 47 |
| 2019 | #3,043 | 53 |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 |
| 2017 | #3,769 | 40 |
| 2016 | #3,777 | 40 |
| 2015 | #3,478 | 45 |
| 2014 | #4,269 | 34 |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 |
| 2012 | #4,707 | 30 |
| 2011 | #4,151 | 35 |
| 2010 | #4,023 | 37 |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 |
| 2007 | #5,377 | 26 |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,967 | 24 |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 |
| 1945 | #1,588 | 27 |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,471 | 31 |
| 1941 | #1,355 | 32 |
| 1940 | #1,150 | 40 |
| 1939 | #1,039 | 47 |
| 1938 | #1,200 | 37 |
| 1937 | #1,116 | 41 |
| 1936 | #901 | 57 |
| 1935 | #866 | 63 |
| 1934 | #925 | 55 |
| 1933 | #1,364 | 28 |
| 1932 | #969 | 53 |
| 1931 | #941 | 54 |
| 1930 | #956 | 58 |
| 1929 | #968 | 55 |
| 1928 | #918 | 65 |
| 1927 | #739 | 93 |
| 1926 | #722 | 101 |
| 1925 | #747 | 98 |
| 1924 | #817 | 83 |
| 1923 | #752 | 93 |
| 1922 | #754 | 94 |
| 1921 | #679 | 119 |
| 1920 | #609 | 136 |
| 1919 | #622 | 127 |
| 1918 | #588 | 147 |
| 1917 | #565 | 144 |
| 1916 | #533 | 154 |
| 1915 | #489 | 158 |
| 1914 | #497 | 126 |
| 1913 | #461 | 117 |
| 1912 | #466 | 104 |
| 1911 | #439 | 85 |
| 1910 | #449 | 79 |
| 1909 | #361 | 101 |
| 1908 | #365 | 98 |
| 1907 | #376 | 87 |
| 1906 | #408 | 70 |
| 1905 | #376 | 81 |
| 1904 | #351 | 86 |
| 1903 | #341 | 85 |
| 1902 | #354 | 81 |
| 1901 | #322 | 87 |
| 1900 | #330 | 106 |
| 1899 | #334 | 81 |
| 1898 | #331 | 90 |
| 1897 | #320 | 82 |
| 1896 | #316 | 84 |
| 1895 | #349 | 65 |
| 1894 | #295 | 86 |
| 1893 | #356 | 57 |
| 1892 | #348 | 57 |
| 1891 | #355 | 49 |
| 1890 | #354 | 52 |
| 1889 | #358 | 45 |
| 1888 | #420 | 35 |
| 1887 | #446 | 25 |
| 1886 | #378 | 32 |
| 1885 | #329 | 38 |
| 1884 | #479 | 18 |
| 1883 | #536 | 13 |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Golda was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Golda is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Utah#217 · 1 in 1,050
- Kentucky#241 · 1 in 1,590
- West Virginia#273 · 1 in 1,952
- Oklahoma#285 · 1 in 1,667
- Kansas#291 · 1 in 2,278
Best ever in a state: #91 in Idaho, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #217 | 5 | 1 in 1,050 |
| Kentucky | #241 | 17 | 1 in 1,590 |
| West Virginia | #273 | 9 | 1 in 1,952 |
| Oklahoma | #285 | 14 | 1 in 1,667 |
| Kansas | #291 | 7 | 1 in 2,278 |
| Arkansas | #313 | 10 | 1 in 1,950 |
| Nebraska | #316 | 5 | 1 in 2,513 |
| Indiana | #336 | 7 | 1 in 3,708 |
| North Carolina | #380 | 8 | 1 in 4,239 |
| Illinois | #428 | 11 | 1 in 5,635 |
| Missouri | #468 | 6 | 1 in 5,123 |
| Ohio | #471 | 7 | 1 in 7,788 |
| New York | #628 | 6 | 1 in 16,860 |
| Texas | #711 | 7 | 1 in 7,075 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 16 spots since 2024 (#2,661 → #2,645)
- 636 spots since 2020 (#3,281 → #2,645)
- 833 spots since 2015 (#3,478 → #2,645)
- Biggest jump: 439 spots in 1934 (#1,364 → #925)
- Biggest drop: 395 spots in 1933 (#969 → #1,364)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #295 (86 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 39 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 55 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1882–1932
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,592
- Highest: 1 in 2,592 girls born in 1894 were named Golda (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 19.3% of all girls named Golda (1,241) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 219 | #329 (1885) | #492 |
| 1890s | 703 | #295 (1894) | #336 |
| 1900s | 882 | #322 (1901) | #358 |
| 1910s | 1,241 | #439 (1911) | #511 |
| 1920s | 937 | #609 (1920) | #771 |
| 1930s | 493 | #866 (1935) | #1,028 |
| 1940s | 258 | #1,150 (1940) | #1,767 |
| 1950s | 159 | #2,053 (1950) | #2,874 |
| 1960s | 92 | #3,733 (1965) | #4,715 |
| 1970s | 121 | #3,872 (1970) | #4,929 |
| 1980s | 172 | #2,704 (1982) | #5,108 |
| 1990s | 156 | #4,184 (1996) | #6,237 |
| 2000s | 260 | #4,291 (2000) | #5,078 |
| 2010s | 376 | #3,043 (2019) | #4,021 |
| 2020s | 361 | #2,645 (2025) | #2,823 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Golda in 1918
girls
#588
147 births · 1 in 7,875 girls
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 7,875 of them was named Golda, which outranked 89.5% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Golda
- #585Liberty150
- #585Marvel150
- #587Estell148
- #588Golda147
- #588Clementine147
- #590Evelyne146
- #590Magnolia146
- #592Charles144
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.