Goldie

#621 for girls in 2025, 469 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #8,990
Given to girls 98.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1905 · 548 births
Debut · girls
24 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
38,553
since 1880

Goldie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Goldie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #114, 1905girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#621469
2024#647453
2023#687423
2022#812345#8,9908
2021#875311
2020#1,023245
2019#1,377163
2018#1,548140
2017#1,655130
2016#1,757118
2015#2,34079
2014#2,41275
2013#3,12352
2012#3,91539
2011#3,91638
2010#4,10736
2009#4,10737
2008#4,26836
2007#5,09728
2006#3,56444
2005#5,11325
2004#3,56641
2003#5,09224
2002#4,76725
2001#4,68825
2000#4,98123
1999#3,63933
1998#3,73031
1997#3,62631#8,1106
1996#3,94227
1995#3,08737
1994#3,16836
1993#2,93840
1992#2,83042
1991#2,88640
1990#3,52330
1989#2,98636
1988#2,33047
1987#2,43442
1986#2,47040
1985#2,31743
1984#2,47038
1983#2,36040
1982#1,68467#5,6196
1981#1,71466
1980#1,57074
1979#2,11247#4,4038
1978#2,01247#4,5547
1977#1,77457
1976#1,93646#4,0128
1975#1,62560#3,9418
1974#2,10039#3,8378
1973#1,54860
1972#1,62755
1971#1,51666
1970#1,43072
1969#1,63554
1968#2,12632
1967#1,64048
1966#1,62148
1965#1,63547
1964#1,63549
1963#1,28074
1962#1,29273
1961#1,12695
1960#1,17486
1959#1,066100
1958#981112
1957#924123#3,9935
1956#872131
1955#865126
1954#743155
1953#874115#3,7985
1952#726150
1951#789127
1950#710145
1949#708143
1948#629172
1947#704145#3,7335
1946#599173
1945#550178#2,9966
1944#576162#2,6338
1943#507217
1942#507216
1941#465224#2,8727
1940#421266#2,8717
1939#414266#3,4805
1938#390295#2,8687
1937#400263#2,6808
1936#345329#3,1476
1935#343346#3,6455
1934#319383
1933#319380#2,36810
1932#310418#3,7765
1931#310424#2,8648
1930#285528#4,0015
1929#279538
1928#255636#3,0768
1927#255664#3,4517
1926#239743#2,30213
1925#237764#2,43512
1924#226845#3,0239
1923#217879#2,77210
1922#209926#2,63011
1921#204984#2,15215
1920#197996#4,2865
1919#193989#1,88217
1918#1931,021#1,90517
1917#1871,012#2,7329
1916#1781,039#1,50522
1915#1721,051#1,70717
1914#173787#1,49217
1913#150791#2,0928
1912#158688#1,61910
1911#140593
1910#139592
1909#134530#1,1557
1908#129538#77912
1907#126520
1906#131482#8529
1905#114548
1904#114513#76010
1903#129430
1902#120473
1901#119430
1900#127502#1,3105
1899#122397
1898#121446#70110
1897#124400#1,0575
1896#125384#9826
1895#128358
1894#126349
1893#138301
1892#139296#1,0665
1891#126306#8416
1890#139254
1889#140246
1888#133261
1887#154159
1886#134204
1885#140167
1884#153135
1883#25251
1882#27141
1881#25739
1880#32624
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Goldie was already there! It came in at #326, and was given to 24 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1996–2003, when fewer than 34 girls a year got the name.

See more about Goldie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 26 spots since 2024 (#647#621)
  • 402 spots since 2020 (#1,023#621)
  • 1,719 spots since 2015 (#2,340#621)
  • Biggest jump: 148 spots in 2021 (#1,023#875)
  • Biggest drop: 148 spots in 1953 (#726#874)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1905 at #114 (548 births)
  • Births halved by 1937, 32 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1880–1958
Share of babies · girls
1 in 532
  • Highest: 1 in 532 girls born in 1905 were named Goldie (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,427 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 22.2% of all girls named Goldie (8,563) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,327#133 (1888)#196
1890s3,491#121 (1898)#129
1900s4,966#114 (1905)#124
1910s8,563#139 (1910)#168
1920s7,975#197 (1920)#232
1930s3,632#285 (1930)#344
1940s1,896#421 (1940)#567
1950s1,284#710 (1950)#855
1960s606#1,126 (1961)#1,516
1970s549#1,430 (1970)#1,768
1980s493#1,570 (1980)#2,234
1990s347#2,830 (1992)#3,337
2000s308#3,564 (2006)#4,524
2010s870#1,377 (2019)#2,615
2020s2,246#621 (2025)#778

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.

Goldie in 1940

girls
#421
266 births · 1 in 4,299 girls
boys
#2,871
7 births · 1 in 165,596 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #421Goldie266

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #2,871Goldie7
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 4,299 of them was named Goldie, which outranked 91.6% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Goldie
  1. #417Johanna268
  2. #419Arline267
  3. #419Dona267
  4. #421Goldie266
  5. #421Edwina266
  6. #423Margarita262
  7. #424James259
  8. #424Nola259

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

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

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 165,596 of them was named Goldie, which outranked 27.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Goldie
  1. #2,671Yancey8
  2. #2,671Zebbie8
  3. #2,671Zeke8
  4. #2,871Goldie7
  5. #2,871Acey7
  6. #2,871Adalberto7
  7. #2,871Adelard7
  8. #3,130Abbie6
  9. #3,130Abdul6
  10. #3,130Ad6

Tied with 258 names at #2,871; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 565Whitney#1,458#893
  2. 447Gonzalo#1,297#850
  3. 419Weston#1,323#904
  4. 368Ashley#1,272#904
  5. 366Agustin#1,238#872
Fallers
  1. 886Montie#916#1,802
  2. 446Verlon#888#1,334
  3. 394Issac#857#1,251
  4. 392Otho#942#1,334
  5. 384Pearl#867#1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940