Golden
Rank in 2025
#3389
recorded as girls
#2572
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
96
girls 45 · boys 51
Peak year
1909
26 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
5,229
since 1880
Born a Golden? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Golden was most popular in 1909, when 26 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.16 per 1,000). In 2025, 51 babies were named Golden, ranking #2572 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 51%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | 3389 | 51 | 2572 |
| 2024 | 48 | 3277 | 49 | 2674 |
| 2023 | 54 | 3047 | 67 | 2147 |
| 2022 | 42 | 3653 | 45 | 2830 |
| 2021 | 36 | 4014 | 48 | 2652 |
| 2020 | 32 | 4263 | 38 | 3025 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3923 | 44 | 2808 |
| 2018 | 35 | 4076 | 31 | 3524 |
| 2017 | 34 | 4220 | 32 | 3440 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6401 | 17 | 5318 |
| 2015 | 17 | 6977 | 28 | 3775 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7302 | 25 | 4014 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8580 | 20 | 4621 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10429 | 23 | 4251 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12153 | 21 | 4509 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11246 | 18 | 5047 |
| 2009 | 7 | 13704 | 11 | 7236 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12579 | 11 | 7187 |
| 2007 | 15 | 8098 | 17 | 5210 |
| 2006 | 16 | 7482 | 12 | 6460 |
| 2005 | 15 | 7500 | 8 | 8299 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14179 | 17 | 4793 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 8 | 7831 |
| 2002 | 10 | 9482 | 10 | 6522 |
| 2001 | 5 | 15352 | 11 | 6013 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 16 | 4573 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 8 | 7139 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12426 | 10 | 5840 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 10 | 5642 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10567 | 10 | 5535 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 10 | 5501 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 8 | 6228 |
| 1992 | 8 | 9491 | 8 | 6128 |
| 1991 | 6 | 11509 | 16 | 3636 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 10 | 4993 |
| 1989 | 9 | 8037 | 13 | 4017 |
| 1988 | 9 | 7691 | 9 | 4786 |
| 1987 | 9 | 7353 | 10 | 4239 |
| 1986 | 6 | 9545 | 10 | 4130 |
| 1985 | 9 | 6955 | 14 | 3216 |
| 1984 | 8 | 7398 | 13 | 3270 |
| 1983 | 12 | 5457 | 13 | 3230 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9237 | 9 | 4234 |
| 1981 | 11 | 5885 | 15 | 2898 |
| 1980 | 6 | 9095 | 20 | 2444 |
| 1979 | 11 | 5751 | 27 | 1943 |
| 1978 | 6 | 8562 | 23 | 2068 |
| 1977 | 9 | 6340 | 23 | 2063 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 23 | 2054 |
| 1975 | 8 | 6484 | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 11 | 3120 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 10 | 3223 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 9 | 3344 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 8 | 3658 |
| 1970 | 7 | 6362 | 11 | 2891 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 6 | 3935 |
| 1968 | 7 | 5642 | 7 | 3365 |
| 1967 | 8 | 4982 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 9 | 2784 |
| 1965 | 5 | 6539 | 7 | 3244 |
| 1964 | 7 | 5474 | 11 | 2546 |
| 1963 | 7 | 5296 | 21 | 1744 |
| 1962 | 6 | 5860 | 12 | 2364 |
| 1961 | 9 | 4546 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 5 | 6390 | 11 | 2535 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 9 | 2821 |
| 1958 | 5 | 6103 | 22 | 1677 |
| 1957 | 7 | 4918 | 17 | 1952 |
| 1956 | 10 | 3910 | 16 | 2015 |
| 1955 | 5 | 5828 | 12 | 2302 |
| 1954 | 7 | 4655 | 19 | 1762 |
| 1953 | 8 | 4226 | 12 | 2287 |
| 1952 | 13 | 3040 | 32 | 1323 |
| 1951 | 5 | 5414 | 20 | 1683 |
| 1950 | 7 | 4315 | 15 | 1941 |
| 1949 | 10 | 3393 | 19 | 1702 |
| 1948 | 8 | 3883 | 21 | 1611 |
| 1947 | 12 | 3061 | 24 | 1519 |
| 1946 | 14 | 2597 | 20 | 1601 |
| 1945 | 7 | 3676 | 17 | 1633 |
| 1944 | 15 | 2287 | 21 | 1483 |
| 1943 | 5 | 4691 | 16 | 1833 |
| 1942 | 8 | 3444 | 21 | 1537 |
| 1941 | 16 | 2096 | 15 | 1821 |
| 1940 | 15 | 2109 | 15 | 1802 |
| 1939 | 8 | 3145 | 30 | 1194 |
| 1938 | 14 | 2225 | 24 | 1364 |
| 1937 | 15 | 2101 | 34 | 1119 |
| 1936 | 12 | 2386 | 26 | 1296 |
| 1935 | 18 | 1845 | 19 | 1584 |
| 1934 | 12 | 2424 | 22 | 1461 |
| 1933 | 21 | 1658 | 34 | 1124 |
| 1932 | 15 | 2130 | 29 | 1254 |
| 1931 | 22 | 1635 | 28 | 1302 |
| 1930 | 19 | 1875 | 38 | 1132 |
| 1929 | 24 | 1598 | 34 | 1195 |
| 1928 | 33 | 1338 | 38 | 1147 |
| 1927 | 23 | 1771 | 44 | 1060 |
| 1926 | 24 | 1721 | 36 | 1192 |
| 1925 | 31 | 1466 | 44 | 1040 |
| 1924 | 44 | 1188 | 54 | 952 |
| 1923 | 32 | 1428 | 48 | 1008 |
| 1922 | 50 | 1078 | 44 | 1058 |
| 1921 | 58 | 969 | 58 | 920 |
| 1920 | 44 | 1132 | 51 | 965 |
| 1919 | 62 | 890 | 66 | 799 |
| 1918 | 58 | 937 | 40 | 1079 |
| 1917 | 37 | 1183 | 53 | 876 |
| 1916 | 56 | 904 | 48 | 917 |
| 1915 | 47 | 968 | 45 | 925 |
| 1914 | 35 | 1003 | 40 | 855 |
| 1913 | 24 | 1120 | 39 | 745 |
| 1912 | 32 | 890 | 40 | 668 |
| 1911 | 28 | 811 | 17 | 793 |
| 1910 | 25 | 859 | 21 | 634 |
| 1909 | 25 | 813 | 26 | 505 |
| 1908 | 21 | 849 | 14 | 712 |
| 1907 | 27 | 726 | 18 | 591 |
| 1906 | 28 | 689 | 16 | 590 |
| 1905 | 23 | 761 | 15 | 615 |
| 1904 | 18 | 853 | 17 | 538 |
| 1903 | 26 | 654 | 6 | 1009 |
| 1902 | 19 | 797 | 14 | 583 |
| 1901 | 12 | 961 | 9 | 727 |
| 1900 | 26 | 705 | 13 | 699 |
| 1899 | 8 | 1181 | 7 | 857 |
| 1898 | 24 | 666 | 18 | 485 |
| 1897 | 21 | 681 | 7 | 852 |
| 1896 | 17 | 790 | 8 | 826 |
| 1895 | 16 | 788 | 11 | 640 |
| 1894 | 9 | 1061 | 11 | 631 |
| 1893 | 15 | 767 | 10 | 650 |
| 1892 | 21 | 616 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 16 | 669 | 6 | 841 |
| 1890 | 18 | 617 | 9 | 667 |
| 1889 | 11 | 802 | 9 | 673 |
| 1888 | 9 | 894 | 10 | 648 |
| 1887 | 8 | 860 | 7 | 752 |
| 1886 | 13 | 633 | 8 | 694 |
| 1885 | 9 | 745 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 8 | 793 | 5 | 971 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 5 | 892 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 5 | 866 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 7 | 745 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 44% · boys 56% across all years