Meaning not yet researched.
Godfrey: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 10 in 2025. Its best rank was #566 in 1888.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #566 in 1888; #7,850 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Godfrey in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#7,850 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1888, at #566.
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Godfrey: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 10 boys in 2025. Peak: #566 in 1888 · most boys in one year: 71 (1918).
In 2025, 10 US boys were named Godfrey, making it the 7,850th most common boys’ name of the year, up 2,393 places from #10,243 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 7 boys named Godfrey in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #566, reached in 1888. The most boys given the name in a single year was 71, in 1918. For comparison, it was #11,158 in 2015 and #1,147 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Godfrey in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 9 babies. In all, 3,245 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 468 babies named Godfrey.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 101 US boys were named Godfrey; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 14. In 2025 that was about 1 in 170,808 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Godofredo are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Godofredo (16).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Godfrey in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 10 | #7,850 |
| 2024 | — | — | 7 | #10,243 |
| 2023 | — | — | 9 | #8,476 |
| 2022 | — | — | 10 | #7,959 |
| 2021 | — | — | 13 | #6,449 |
| 2020 | — | — | 12 | #6,756 |
| 2019 | — | — | 14 | #6,207 |
| 2018 | — | — | 10 | #7,794 |
| 2017 | — | — | 8 | #9,129 |
| 2016 | — | — | 8 | #9,135 |
| 2015 | — | — | 6 | #11,158 |
| 2014 | — | — | 13 | #6,421 |
| 2013 | — | — | 12 | #6,751 |
| 2012 | — | — | 16 | #5,565 |
| 2011 | — | — | 9 | #8,300 |
| 2010 | — | — | 11 | #7,239 |
| 2009 | — | — | 5 | #13,131 |
| 2007 | — | — | 12 | #6,789 |
| 2006 | — | — | 8 | #8,999 |
| 2005 | — | — | 12 | #6,360 |
| 2004 | — | — | 12 | #6,263 |
| 2003 | — | — | 8 | #8,106 |
| 2002 | — | — | 13 | #5,515 |
| 2001 | — | — | 8 | #7,796 |
| 2000 | — | — | 8 | #7,706 |
| 1999 | — | — | 17 | #4,215 |
| 1998 | — | — | 15 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | — | — | 10 | #5,792 |
| 1996 | — | — | 18 | #3,734 |
| 1995 | — | — | 19 | #3,474 |
| 1994 | — | — | 15 | #4,171 |
| 1993 | — | — | 19 | #3,420 |
| 1992 | — | — | 13 | #4,411 |
| 1991 | — | — | 17 | #3,519 |
| 1990 | — | — | 23 | #2,811 |
| 1989 | — | — | 21 | #2,936 |
| 1988 | — | — | 19 | #2,894 |
| 1987 | — | — | 17 | #2,994 |
| 1986 | — | — | 15 | #3,186 |
| 1985 | — | — | 23 | #2,320 |
| 1984 | — | — | 15 | #3,010 |
| 1983 | — | — | 19 | #2,524 |
| 1982 | — | — | 23 | #2,226 |
| 1981 | — | — | 21 | #2,371 |
| 1980 | — | — | 23 | #2,241 |
| 1979 | — | — | 18 | #2,622 |
| 1978 | — | — | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1977 | — | — | 22 | #2,151 |
| 1976 | — | — | 23 | #2,078 |
| 1975 | — | — | 21 | #2,159 |
| 1974 | — | — | 13 | #2,863 |
| 1973 | — | — | 18 | #2,259 |
| 1972 | — | — | 30 | #1,577 |
| 1971 | — | — | 22 | #1,946 |
| 1970 | — | — | 23 | #1,868 |
| 1969 | — | — | 24 | #1,703 |
| 1968 | — | — | 20 | #1,803 |
| 1967 | — | — | 22 | #1,681 |
| 1966 | — | — | 21 | #1,701 |
| 1965 | — | — | 14 | #2,211 |
| 1964 | — | — | 33 | #1,376 |
| 1963 | — | — | 31 | #1,411 |
| 1962 | — | — | 33 | #1,377 |
| 1961 | — | — | 40 | #1,255 |
| 1960 | — | — | 31 | #1,445 |
| 1959 | — | — | 34 | #1,346 |
| 1958 | — | — | 43 | #1,179 |
| 1957 | — | — | 35 | #1,326 |
| 1956 | — | — | 37 | #1,267 |
| 1955 | — | — | 39 | #1,204 |
| 1954 | — | — | 34 | #1,299 |
| 1953 | — | — | 40 | #1,176 |
| 1952 | — | — | 34 | #1,280 |
| 1951 | — | — | 37 | #1,203 |
| 1950 | — | — | 39 | #1,147 |
| 1949 | — | — | 41 | #1,099 |
| 1948 | — | — | 55 | #937 |
| 1947 | — | — | 54 | #972 |
| 1946 | — | — | 39 | #1,117 |
| 1945 | — | — | 31 | #1,191 |
| 1944 | — | — | 29 | #1,243 |
| 1943 | — | — | 33 | #1,194 |
| 1942 | — | — | 31 | #1,258 |
| 1941 | — | — | 19 | #1,609 |
| 1940 | — | — | 37 | #1,076 |
| 1939 | — | — | 30 | #1,205 |
| 1938 | — | — | 32 | #1,153 |
| 1937 | — | — | 23 | #1,425 |
| 1936 | — | — | 29 | #1,236 |
| 1935 | — | — | 28 | #1,281 |
| 1934 | — | — | 29 | #1,254 |
| 1933 | — | — | 19 | #1,611 |
| 1932 | — | — | 33 | #1,188 |
| 1931 | — | — | 41 | #1,053 |
| 1930 | — | — | 35 | #1,203 |
| 1929 | — | — | 37 | #1,145 |
| 1928 | — | — | 38 | #1,151 |
| 1927 | — | — | 48 | #1,016 |
| 1926 | — | — | 53 | #937 |
| 1925 | — | — | 48 | #990 |
| 1924 | — | — | 41 | #1,126 |
| 1923 | — | — | 56 | #919 |
| 1922 | — | — | 35 | #1,231 |
| 1921 | — | — | 55 | #950 |
| 1920 | — | — | 57 | #918 |
| 1919 | — | — | 53 | #921 |
| 1918 | — | — | 71 | #776 |
| 1917 | — | — | 61 | #812 |
| 1916 | — | — | 38 | #1,049 |
| 1915 | — | — | 46 | #919 |
| 1914 | — | — | 39 | #873 |
| 1913 | — | — | 31 | #887 |
| 1912 | — | — | 34 | #743 |
| 1911 | — | — | 11 | #1,071 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,006 |
| 1909 | — | — | 11 | #916 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,283 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,037 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #657 |
| 1905 | — | — | 13 | #680 |
| 1904 | — | — | 12 | #703 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,194 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1900 | — | — | 10 | #867 |
| 1899 | — | — | 9 | #743 |
| 1898 | — | — | 11 | #679 |
| 1897 | — | — | 9 | #750 |
| 1896 | — | — | 9 | #796 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #715 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,005 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #725 |
| 1892 | — | — | 7 | #894 |
| 1890 | — | — | 9 | #693 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #920 |
| 1888 | — | — | 13 | #566 |
| 1887 | — | — | 8 | #708 |
| 1886 | — | — | 10 | #620 |
| 1885 | — | — | 10 | #617 |
| 1884 | — | — | 9 | #678 |
| 1883 | — | — | 10 | #613 |
| 1881 | — | — | 9 | #622 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #654 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).