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.
Where Golden is popular in 1890
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
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 1890
Top girls' names in 1890
Top boys' names in 1890
More about 1890
girls
190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 10,577 of them was named Golden, which outranked 59.8% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 12,336 of them was named Golden, which outranked 42.5% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).