Godfrey
#7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,245since 1880
Godfrey over time
Rank among boys' names. Godfrey has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #2,780 | 23 |
| 1989 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #2,860 | 19 |
| 1987 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #2,293 | 23 |
| 1984 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | #2,207 | 23 |
| 1981 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #2,131 | 22 |
| 1976 | #2,054 | 23 |
| 1975 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #1,566 | 30 |
| 1971 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | #1,847 | 23 |
| 1969 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1968 | #1,788 | 20 |
| 1967 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1966 | #1,684 | 21 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #1,371 | 33 |
| 1963 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1962 | #1,367 | 33 |
| 1961 | #1,250 | 40 |
| 1960 | #1,434 | 31 |
| 1959 | #1,337 | 34 |
| 1958 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1957 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1956 | #1,257 | 37 |
| 1955 | #1,198 | 39 |
| 1954 | #1,292 | 34 |
| 1953 | #1,170 | 40 |
| 1952 | #1,268 | 34 |
| 1951 | #1,195 | 37 |
| 1950 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1949 | #1,097 | 41 |
| 1948 | #933 | 55 |
| 1947 | #968 | 54 |
| 1946 | #1,111 | 39 |
| 1945 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,235 | 29 |
| 1943 | #1,187 | 33 |
| 1942 | #1,244 | 31 |
| 1941 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,067 | 37 |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 30 |
| 1938 | #1,149 | 32 |
| 1937 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #1,225 | 29 |
| 1935 | #1,273 | 28 |
| 1934 | #1,241 | 29 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1931 | #1,050 | 41 |
| 1930 | #1,190 | 35 |
| 1929 | #1,138 | 37 |
| 1928 | #1,147 | 38 |
| 1927 | #1,012 | 48 |
| 1926 | #931 | 53 |
| 1925 | #984 | 48 |
| 1924 | #1,117 | 41 |
| 1923 | #913 | 56 |
| 1922 | #1,222 | 35 |
| 1921 | #950 | 55 |
| 1920 | #911 | 57 |
| 1919 | #918 | 53 |
| 1918 | #773 | 71 |
| 1917 | #804 | 61 |
| 1916 | #1,043 | 38 |
| 1915 | #916 | 46 |
| 1914 | #870 | 39 |
| 1913 | #871 | 31 |
| 1912 | #735 | 34 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #893 | 11 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #640 | 14 |
| 1905 | #666 | 13 |
| 1904 | #686 | 12 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #714 | 9 |
| 1898 | #663 | 11 |
| 1897 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | #685 | 10 |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #554 | 13 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #605 | 10 |
| 1885 | #604 | 10 |
| 1884 | #663 | 9 |
| 1883 | #597 | 10 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #595 | 9 |
| 1880 | #640 | 9 |
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.
Where Godfrey is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#400 · 1 in 3,686
- Texas#852 · 1 in 11,041
Best ever in a state: #185 in Hawaii, 1947.
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| Louisiana | #400 | 5 | 1 in 3,686 |
| Texas | #852 | 5 | 1 in 11,041 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Godfrey
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #554 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1892–1900
- 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%)
- 14.4% of all boys named Godfrey (468) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 84 | #554 (1888) | #646 |
| 1890s | 79 | #663 (1898) | #750 |
| 1900s | 85 | #640 (1906) | #898 |
| 1910s | 395 | #735 (1912) | #895 |
| 1920s | 468 | #911 (1920) | #1,033 |
| 1930s | 299 | #1,050 (1931) | #1,249 |
| 1940s | 369 | #933 (1948) | #1,161 |
| 1950s | 372 | #1,139 (1950) | #1,235 |
| 1960s | 269 | #1,250 (1961) | #1,581 |
| 1970s | 209 | #1,566 (1972) | #2,161 |
| 1980s | 196 | #2,207 (1982) | #2,634 |
| 1990s | 166 | #2,780 (1990) | #3,936 |
| 2000s | 86 | #5,395 (2002) | #7,599 |
| 2010s | 107 | #5,482 (2012) | #7,558 |
| 2020s | 61 | #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 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 25,358 of them was named Godfrey, which outranked 75.7% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,031Tillman42
- #1,031Vivian42
- #1,031Wayland42
- #1,050Godfrey41
- #1,050Clint41
- #1,050Dempsey41
- #1,050Farris41
- #1,065Auther40
- #1,065Burdette40
- #1,065Burley40
Tied with 14 names at #1,050; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.