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Golden: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 51 in 2025. Its best rank was #493 in 1898.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #493 in 1898; #2,583 in 2025. About 53% of babies named Golden in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,583 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1898, at #493.
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Golden: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 51 boys in 2025. Peak: #493 in 1898 · most boys in one year: 67 (2023).
In 2025, 51 US boys were named Golden, making it the 2,583rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 98 places from #2,681 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 49 boys named Golden in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #493, reached in 1898. The most boys given the name in a single year was 67, in 2023. For comparison, it was #3,813 in 2015 and #1,967 in 1950.
In 2025, 45 US girls were named Golden, making it the 3,417th most common girls’ name of the year, down 113 places from #3,304 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 48 girls named Golden in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #624, reached in 1890. The most girls given the name in a single year was 62, in 1919. For comparison, it was #7,086 in 2015 and #4,470 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Golden in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 5,229 US babies have been given the name, 44% of them girls and 56% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 814 babies named Golden.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 422 US boys were named Golden; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 67. In 2025 that was about 1 in 33,492 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Golden ranked highest in Georgia in 2025, at #1,141 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Goldyn, Goldine and Goldene are summarised on this page.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Goldyn (65), Goldine (41), Goldene (21), Goldean (6).
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 Golden in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 7 | #1,141 | — |
| California | 5 | #2,590 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,417 | 51 | #2,583 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,304 | 49 | #2,681 |
| 2023 | 54 | #3,054 | 67 | #2,156 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,668 | 45 | #2,841 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,049 | 48 | #2,667 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,295 | 38 | #3,038 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,951 | 44 | #2,823 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,103 | 31 | #3,560 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,249 | 32 | #3,474 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,509 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 2015 | 17 | #7,086 | 28 | #3,813 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,429 | 25 | #4,050 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,741 | 20 | #4,684 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,700 | 23 | #4,300 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,567 | 21 | #4,557 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,595 | 18 | #5,110 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,198 | 11 | #7,375 |
| 2008 | 8 | #13,012 | 11 | #7,369 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,234 | 17 | #5,280 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,613 | 12 | #6,604 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,640 | 8 | #8,551 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,788 | 17 | #4,863 |
| 2003 | — | — | 8 | #8,108 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,755 | 10 | #6,709 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,200 | 11 | #6,168 |
| 2000 | — | — | 16 | #4,655 |
| 1999 | — | — | 8 | #7,395 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,005 | 10 | #5,985 |
| 1997 | — | — | 10 | #5,793 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,977 | 10 | #5,688 |
| 1995 | — | — | 10 | #5,647 |
| 1994 | — | — | 5 | #9,321 |
| 1993 | — | — | 8 | #6,423 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,799 | 8 | #6,337 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,028 | 16 | #3,712 |
| 1990 | — | — | 10 | #5,132 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,270 | 13 | #4,114 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,929 | 9 | #4,938 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,575 | 10 | #4,366 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,956 | 10 | #4,243 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,152 | 14 | #3,274 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,625 | 13 | #3,347 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,569 | 13 | #3,300 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,608 | 9 | #4,355 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,019 | 15 | #2,952 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,482 | 20 | #2,472 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,875 | 27 | #1,963 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,907 | 23 | #2,096 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,522 | 23 | #2,091 |
| 1976 | — | — | 23 | #2,079 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,715 | 5 | #5,777 |
| 1974 | — | — | 11 | #3,205 |
| 1973 | — | — | 10 | #3,294 |
| 1972 | — | — | 9 | #3,440 |
| 1971 | — | — | 8 | #3,766 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,574 | 11 | #2,965 |
| 1969 | — | — | 6 | #4,119 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,841 | 7 | #3,483 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,149 | 6 | #3,698 |
| 1966 | — | — | 9 | #2,864 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,868 | 7 | #3,362 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,655 | 11 | #2,588 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,513 | 21 | #1,762 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,118 | 12 | #2,429 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,660 | — | — |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,701 | 11 | #2,595 |
| 1959 | — | — | 9 | #2,909 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,429 | 22 | #1,702 |
| 1957 | 7 | #5,076 | 17 | #1,981 |
| 1956 | 10 | #4,007 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,174 | 12 | #2,355 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,852 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,366 | 12 | #2,333 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,091 | 32 | #1,330 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,714 | 20 | #1,696 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,470 | 15 | #1,967 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,474 | 19 | #1,726 |
| 1948 | 8 | #4,001 | 21 | #1,629 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,129 | 24 | #1,533 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,655 | 20 | #1,616 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,793 | 17 | #1,652 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,328 | 21 | #1,500 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,938 | 16 | #1,865 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,547 | 21 | #1,556 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,130 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,144 | 15 | #1,836 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,250 | 30 | #1,206 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,272 | 24 | #1,383 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,124 | 34 | #1,132 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,428 | 26 | #1,305 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,872 | 19 | #1,616 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,484 | 22 | #1,477 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,675 | 34 | #1,133 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,175 | 29 | #1,275 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,650 | 28 | #1,316 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,898 | 38 | #1,141 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,611 | 34 | #1,205 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,349 | 38 | #1,152 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,786 | 44 | #1,068 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,745 | 36 | #1,202 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,481 | 44 | #1,049 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,193 | 54 | #954 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,439 | 48 | #1,016 |
| 1922 | 50 | #1,082 | 44 | #1,063 |
| 1921 | 58 | #977 | 58 | #925 |
| 1920 | 44 | #1,143 | 51 | #967 |
| 1919 | 62 | #895 | 66 | #805 |
| 1918 | 58 | #940 | 40 | #1,085 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,194 | 53 | #879 |
| 1916 | 56 | #908 | 48 | #920 |
| 1915 | 47 | #974 | 45 | #931 |
| 1914 | 35 | #1,010 | 40 | #860 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,131 | 39 | #751 |
| 1912 | 32 | #896 | 40 | #675 |
| 1911 | 28 | #818 | 17 | #805 |
| 1910 | 25 | #864 | 21 | #643 |
| 1909 | 25 | #820 | 26 | #510 |
| 1908 | 21 | #860 | 14 | #724 |
| 1907 | 27 | #731 | 18 | #603 |
| 1906 | 28 | #695 | 16 | #600 |
| 1905 | 23 | #765 | 15 | #622 |
| 1904 | 18 | #862 | 17 | #546 |
| 1903 | 26 | #659 | 6 | #1,065 |
| 1902 | 19 | #804 | 14 | #599 |
| 1901 | 12 | #974 | 9 | #750 |
| 1900 | 26 | #711 | 13 | #709 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,220 | 7 | #894 |
| 1898 | 24 | #671 | 18 | #493 |
| 1897 | 21 | #684 | 7 | #885 |
| 1896 | 17 | #799 | 8 | #852 |
| 1895 | 16 | #799 | 11 | #652 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,097 | 11 | #648 |
| 1893 | 15 | #774 | 10 | #673 |
| 1892 | 21 | #627 | — | — |
| 1891 | 16 | #680 | 6 | #893 |
| 1890 | 18 | #624 | 9 | #694 |
| 1889 | 11 | #823 | 9 | #693 |
| 1888 | 9 | #916 | 10 | #669 |
| 1887 | 8 | #889 | 7 | #781 |
| 1886 | 13 | #645 | 8 | #720 |
| 1885 | 9 | #766 | — | — |
| 1884 | 8 | #816 | 5 | #1,038 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #953 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #924 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #772 |
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).