Meaning not yet researched.
Golda: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 65 in 2025. Its best rank was #295 in 1894.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #295 in 1894; #2,665 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Golda in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,665 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1894, at #295.
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Golda: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 65 girls in 2025. Peak: #295 in 1894 · most girls in one year: 158 (1915).
In 2025, 65 US girls were named Golda, making it the 2,665th most common girls’ name of the year, up 11 places from #2,676 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 65 girls named Golda in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #295, reached in 1894. The most girls given the name in a single year was 158, in 1915. For comparison, it was #3,498 in 2015 and #2,076 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Golda in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 6,430 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 1,241 babies named Golda.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 527 US girls were named Golda; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 65. In 2025 that was about 1 in 24,727 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Golda ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #664 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Goldie (38,996 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Guelda and Guilda 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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Guelda (166), Guilda (33).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Golda in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 25 | #664 | #742 |
| New Jersey | 11 | #683 | #987 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,485 | — |
| Florida | 7 | #1,756 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,665 | — | — |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,676 | — | — |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,712 | — | — |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,909 | — | — |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,761 | — | — |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,303 | — | — |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,060 | — | — |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,268 | — | — |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,798 | — | — |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,806 | — | — |
| 2015 | 45 | #3,498 | — | — |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,303 | — | — |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,805 | — | — |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,759 | — | — |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,172 | — | — |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,055 | — | — |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,984 | — | — |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,342 | — | — |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,429 | — | — |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,498 | — | — |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,497 | — | — |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,425 | — | — |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,143 | — | — |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,959 | — | — |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,723 | — | — |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,330 | — | — |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,300 | — | — |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,212 | — | — |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,981 | — | — |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,230 | — | — |
| 1995 | 15 | #6,062 | — | — |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,437 | — | — |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,691 | — | — |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,288 | — | — |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,839 | — | — |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,638 | — | — |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,932 | — | — |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,698 | — | — |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,531 | — | — |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,035 | — | — |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,899 | — | — |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,385 | — | — |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,722 | — | — |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,717 | — | — |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,361 | — | — |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,916 | — | — |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,479 | — | — |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,762 | — | — |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,493 | — | — |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,221 | — | — |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,265 | — | — |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,127 | — | — |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,998 | — | — |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,890 | — | — |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,204 | — | — |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,927 | — | — |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,173 | — | — |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,079 | — | — |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,288 | — | — |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,050 | — | — |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,811 | — | — |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,741 | — | — |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,360 | — | — |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,363 | — | — |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,356 | — | — |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,280 | — | — |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,793 | — | — |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,809 | — | — |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,199 | — | — |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,488 | — | — |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,761 | — | — |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,387 | — | — |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,986 | — | — |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,529 | — | — |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,175 | — | — |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,076 | — | — |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,980 | — | — |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,209 | — | — |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,105 | — | — |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,988 | — | — |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,604 | — | — |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,769 | — | — |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,184 | — | — |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,486 | — | — |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,366 | — | — |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,159 | — | — |
| 1939 | 47 | #1,042 | — | — |
| 1938 | 37 | #1,210 | — | — |
| 1937 | 41 | #1,121 | — | — |
| 1936 | 57 | #903 | — | — |
| 1935 | 63 | #869 | — | — |
| 1934 | 55 | #927 | — | — |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,380 | — | — |
| 1932 | 53 | #973 | — | — |
| 1931 | 54 | #945 | — | — |
| 1930 | 58 | #962 | — | — |
| 1929 | 55 | #970 | — | — |
| 1928 | 65 | #921 | — | — |
| 1927 | 93 | #741 | — | — |
| 1926 | 101 | #724 | — | — |
| 1925 | 98 | #747 | — | — |
| 1924 | 83 | #820 | — | — |
| 1923 | 93 | #754 | — | — |
| 1922 | 94 | #755 | — | — |
| 1921 | 119 | #680 | — | — |
| 1920 | 136 | #610 | — | — |
| 1919 | 127 | #622 | — | — |
| 1918 | 147 | #589 | — | — |
| 1917 | 144 | #565 | — | — |
| 1916 | 154 | #535 | — | — |
| 1915 | 158 | #489 | — | — |
| 1914 | 126 | #499 | — | — |
| 1913 | 117 | #461 | — | — |
| 1912 | 104 | #467 | — | — |
| 1911 | 85 | #439 | — | — |
| 1910 | 79 | #452 | — | — |
| 1909 | 101 | #362 | — | — |
| 1908 | 98 | #366 | — | — |
| 1907 | 87 | #379 | — | — |
| 1906 | 70 | #410 | — | — |
| 1905 | 81 | #376 | — | — |
| 1904 | 86 | #351 | — | — |
| 1903 | 85 | #343 | — | — |
| 1902 | 81 | #355 | — | — |
| 1901 | 87 | #325 | — | — |
| 1900 | 106 | #330 | — | — |
| 1899 | 81 | #334 | — | — |
| 1898 | 90 | #331 | — | — |
| 1897 | 82 | #322 | — | — |
| 1896 | 84 | #317 | — | — |
| 1895 | 65 | #349 | — | — |
| 1894 | 86 | #295 | — | — |
| 1893 | 57 | #356 | — | — |
| 1892 | 57 | #349 | — | — |
| 1891 | 49 | #356 | — | — |
| 1890 | 52 | #356 | — | — |
| 1889 | 45 | #359 | — | — |
| 1888 | 35 | #423 | — | — |
| 1887 | 25 | #451 | — | — |
| 1886 | 32 | #381 | — | — |
| 1885 | 38 | #332 | — | — |
| 1884 | 18 | #488 | — | — |
| 1883 | 13 | #550 | — | — |
| 1882 | 7 | #769 | — | — |
| 1880 | 6 | #784 | — | — |
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).