Golden
#3,389 for girls in 2025, 45 births · #2,572 for boys in 2025, 51 births
Given to boys 56.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,937since 1880
Golden over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,389 | 45 | #2,572 | 51 |
| 2024 | #3,277 | 48 | #2,674 | 49 |
| 2023 | #3,047 | 54 | #2,147 | 67 |
| 2022 | #3,653 | 42 | #2,830 | 45 |
| 2021 | #4,014 | 36 | #2,652 | 48 |
| 2020 | #4,263 | 32 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2019 | #3,923 | 37 | #2,808 | 44 |
| 2018 | #4,076 | 35 | #3,524 | 31 |
| 2017 | #4,220 | 34 | #3,440 | 32 |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | #3,775 | 28 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #4,014 | 25 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #4,251 | 23 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #4,509 | 21 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | — | #4,573 | 16 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #1,943 | 27 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,068 | 23 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #2,063 | 23 |
| 1976 | — | #2,054 | 23 | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #1,323 | 32 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #1,683 | 20 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #1,601 | 20 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #1,633 | 17 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #1,194 | 30 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #1,364 | 24 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | #1,119 | 34 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #1,461 | 22 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | #1,124 | 34 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 | #1,254 | 29 |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | #1,875 | 19 | #1,132 | 38 |
| 1929 | #1,598 | 24 | #1,195 | 34 |
| 1928 | #1,338 | 33 | #1,147 | 38 |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 | #1,060 | 44 |
| 1926 | #1,721 | 24 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1925 | #1,466 | 31 | #1,040 | 44 |
| 1924 | #1,188 | 44 | #952 | 54 |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 | #1,008 | 48 |
| 1922 | #1,078 | 50 | #1,058 | 44 |
| 1921 | #969 | 58 | #920 | 58 |
| 1920 | #1,132 | 44 | #965 | 51 |
| 1919 | #890 | 62 | #799 | 66 |
| 1918 | #937 | 58 | #1,079 | 40 |
| 1917 | #1,183 | 37 | #876 | 53 |
| 1916 | #904 | 56 | #917 | 48 |
| 1915 | #968 | 47 | #925 | 45 |
| 1914 | #1,003 | 35 | #855 | 40 |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 | #745 | 39 |
| 1912 | #890 | 32 | #668 | 40 |
| 1911 | #811 | 28 | #793 | 17 |
| 1910 | #859 | 25 | #634 | 21 |
| 1909 | #813 | 25 | #505 | 26 |
| 1908 | #849 | 21 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #726 | 27 | #591 | 18 |
| 1906 | #689 | 28 | #590 | 16 |
| 1905 | #761 | 23 | #615 | 15 |
| 1904 | #853 | 18 | #538 | 17 |
| 1903 | #654 | 26 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #797 | 19 | #583 | 14 |
| 1901 | #961 | 12 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #705 | 26 | #699 | 13 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #666 | 24 | #485 | 18 |
| 1897 | #681 | 21 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #788 | 16 | #640 | 11 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | #631 | 11 |
| 1893 | #767 | 15 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #616 | 21 | — | |
| 1891 | #669 | 16 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | #673 | 9 |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 | #648 | 10 |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #633 | 13 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 | — | |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Golden was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Golden
- 102 spots since 2024 (#2,674 → #2,572)
- 453 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #2,572)
- 1,203 spots since 2015 (#3,775 → #2,572)
- Biggest jump: 471 spots in 1904 (#1,009 → #538)
- Biggest drop: 426 spots in 1903 (#583 → #1,009)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1898 at #485 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1904–1917
- Highest: 1 in 6,308 boys born in 1909 were named Golden (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 33,492 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #485 in 1898, was only 1 in 6,816 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.4% of all boys named Golden (451) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2018, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 56 | #648 (1888) | #780 |
| 1890s | 87 | #485 (1898) | #717 |
| 1900s | 148 | #505 (1909) | #657 |
| 1910s | 409 | #634 (1910) | #829 |
| 1920s | 451 | #920 (1921) | #1,054 |
| 1930s | 284 | #1,119 (1937) | #1,283 |
| 1940s | 189 | #1,483 (1944) | #1,654 |
| 1950s | 174 | #1,323 (1952) | #1,976 |
| 1960s | 90 | #1,744 (1963) | #2,897 |
| 1970s | 150 | #1,943 (1979) | #2,983 |
| 1980s | 126 | #2,444 (1980) | #3,646 |
| 1990s | 95 | #3,636 (1991) | #5,944 |
| 2000s | 121 | #4,573 (2000) | #6,412 |
| 2010s | 259 | #2,808 (2019) | #4,131 |
| 2020s | 298 | #2,147 (2023) | #2,650 |
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.
Golden in 1884
Top girls' names in 1884
Top boys' names in 1884
More about 1884
girls
129,019 girls got a published name in 1884; 1 in 16,127 of them was named Golden, which outranked 32.3% of the 1,172 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #731Wilda9
- #731Zadie9
- #731Zettie9
- #793Golden8
- #793Albertine8
- #793Annis8
- #793Arlie8
- #851Adelina7
- #851Alida7
- #851Alzina7
Tied with 57 names at #793; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 488Roxy#536 → #1,024
- ↓ 463Fredericka#561 → #1,024
- ↓ 445Albert#579 → #1,024
- ↓ 409Roseanna#615 → #1,024
- ↓ 373Delpha#651 → #1,024
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 22,888 of them was named Golden, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 154 names at #971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.