Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Godwin

#6,706 most common boys' name of all time · #16,797 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#6,706
Rank overall
#16,797 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
578
Since 2016
155
Peak year
2011 #4,380
Best rank
#3,122 1983
Girls Boys peak 22/yr
192019401960198020002020

Godwin first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 15 15 #5,904
2024 — 14 14 #6,230
2023 — 17 17 #5,495
2022 — 9 9 #8,386
2021 — 16 16 #5,597
2020 — 8 8 #8,807
2019 — 17 17 #5,362
2018 — 22 22 #4,488
2017 — 19 19 #4,954
2016 — 18 18 #5,151
2015 — 18 18 #5,097
2014 — 8 8 #8,868
2013 — 13 13 #6,273
2012 — 18 18 #5,060
2011 — 22 22 #4,380
2010 — 12 12 #6,738
2009 — 12 12 #6,862
2008 — 17 17 #5,272
2007 — 13 13 #6,304
2006 — 17 17 #5,107
2005 — 13 13 #5,933
2004 — 16 16 #5,052
2003 — 9 9 #7,315
2002 — 11 11 #6,150
2001 — 5 5 #10,714
2000 — 7 7 #8,305
1998 — 13 13 #4,918
1997 — 9 9 #6,185
1996 — 10 10 #5,607
1995 — 13 13 #4,564
1994 — 10 10 #5,524
1993 — 5 5 #8,869
1992 — 6 6 #7,575
1991 — 7 7 #6,628
1990 — 8 8 #5,922
1989 — 5 5 #8,088
1988 — 10 10 #4,524
1987 — 8 8 #5,073
1985 — 9 9 #4,425
1984 — 11 11 #3,768
1983 — 14 14 #3,122
1982 — 11 11 #3,780
1981 — 9 9 #4,243
1979 — 8 8 #4,509
1977 — 5 5 #6,052
1973 — 5 5 #5,290
1963 — 5 5 #4,272
1962 — 5 5 #4,261
1954 — 5 5 #4,048
1952 — 5 5 #3,973
1950 — 6 6 #3,522
1925 — 5 5 #4,492
1914 — 5 5 #3,607