Golden**
#1,688 most common boys' name of all time · #4,096 across all names · 56% male / 44% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,688
Rank overall
#4,096 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
5,229
Since 2016
804
Peak year
1919 #802
Best rank
#500 1898
Girls
Boys
peak 128/yr
Golden is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | 51 | 96 | #2,572 |
| 2024 | 48 | 49 | 97 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 54 | 67 | 121 | #2,150 |
| 2022 | 42 | 45 | 87 | #2,830 |
| 2021 | 36 | 48 | 84 | #2,654 |
| 2020 | 32 | 38 | 70 | #3,027 |
| 2019 | 37 | 44 | 81 | #2,813 |
| 2018 | 35 | 31 | 66 | #3,527 |
| 2017 | 34 | 32 | 66 | #3,447 |
| 2016 | 19 | 17 | 36 | #5,327 |
| 2015 | 17 | 28 | 45 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 16 | 25 | 41 | #4,017 |
| 2013 | 13 | 20 | 33 | #4,629 |
| 2012 | 10 | 23 | 33 | #4,254 |
| 2011 | 8 | 21 | 29 | #4,514 |
| 2010 | 9 | 18 | 27 | #5,052 |
| 2009 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #7,248 |
| 2008 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #7,197 |
| 2007 | 15 | 17 | 32 | #5,215 |
| 2006 | 16 | 12 | 28 | #6,468 |
| 2005 | 15 | 8 | 23 | #8,317 |
| 2004 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #4,799 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,850 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #6,536 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #6,031 |
| 2000 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,582 |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,157 |
| 1998 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #5,857 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,658 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #5,552 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,513 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,824 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,248 |
| 1992 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #6,152 |
| 1991 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #3,643 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,007 |
| 1989 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #4,031 |
| 1988 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #4,802 |
| 1987 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #4,254 |
| 1986 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #4,150 |
| 1985 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #3,226 |
| 1984 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #3,280 |
| 1983 | 12 | 13 | 25 | #3,242 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #4,252 |
| 1981 | 11 | 15 | 26 | #2,909 |
| 1980 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #2,449 |
| 1979 | 11 | 27 | 38 | #1,948 |
| 1978 | 6 | 23 | 29 | #2,073 |
| 1977 | 9 | 23 | 32 | #2,070 |
| 1976 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,061 |
| 1975 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #5,497 |
| 1974 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,138 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,247 |
| 1972 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,364 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,681 |
| 1970 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #2,911 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,967 |
| 1968 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #3,377 |
| 1967 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #3,583 |
| 1966 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,801 |
| 1965 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,267 |
| 1964 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #2,558 |
| 1963 | 7 | 21 | 28 | #1,755 |
| 1962 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #2,383 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1960 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #2,553 |
| 1959 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,839 |
| 1958 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #1,684 |
| 1957 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #1,960 |
| 1956 | 10 | 16 | 26 | #2,025 |
| 1955 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #2,317 |
| 1954 | 7 | 19 | 26 | #1,768 |
| 1953 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #2,299 |
| 1952 | 13 | 32 | 45 | #1,326 |
| 1951 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #1,688 |
| 1950 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #1,947 |
| 1949 | 10 | 19 | 29 | #1,716 |
| 1948 | 8 | 21 | 29 | #1,618 |
| 1947 | 12 | 24 | 36 | #1,524 |
| 1946 | 14 | 20 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1945 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #1,641 |
| 1944 | 15 | 21 | 36 | #1,488 |
| 1943 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #1,846 |
| 1942 | 8 | 21 | 29 | #1,541 |
| 1941 | 16 | 15 | 31 | #1,836 |
| 1940 | 15 | 15 | 30 | #1,812 |
| 1939 | 8 | 30 | 38 | #1,202 |
| 1938 | 14 | 24 | 38 | #1,369 |
| 1937 | 15 | 34 | 49 | #1,125 |
| 1936 | 12 | 26 | 38 | #1,305 |
| 1935 | 18 | 19 | 37 | #1,596 |
| 1934 | 12 | 22 | 34 | #1,470 |
| 1933 | 21 | 34 | 55 | #1,126 |
| 1932 | 15 | 29 | 44 | #1,265 |
| 1931 | 22 | 28 | 50 | #1,308 |
| 1930 | 19 | 38 | 57 | #1,139 |
| 1929 | 24 | 34 | 58 | #1,199 |
| 1928 | 33 | 38 | 71 | #1,150 |
| 1927 | 23 | 44 | 67 | #1,064 |
| 1926 | 24 | 36 | 60 | #1,196 |
| 1925 | 31 | 44 | 75 | #1,044 |
| 1924 | 44 | 54 | 98 | #956 |
| 1923 | 32 | 48 | 80 | #1,013 |
| 1922 | 50 | 44 | 94 | #1,064 |
| 1921 | 58 | 58 | 116 | #925 |
| 1920 | 44 | 51 | 95 | #969 |
| 1919 | 62 | 66 | 128 | #802 |
| 1918 | 58 | 40 | 98 | #1,083 |
| 1917 | 37 | 53 | 90 | #880 |
| 1916 | 56 | 48 | 104 | #918 |
| 1915 | 47 | 45 | 92 | #928 |
| 1914 | 35 | 40 | 75 | #862 |
| 1913 | 24 | 39 | 63 | #752 |
| 1912 | 32 | 40 | 72 | #675 |
| 1911 | 28 | 17 | 45 | #807 |
| 1910 | 25 | 21 | 46 | #643 |
| 1909 | 25 | 26 | 51 | #512 |
| 1908 | 21 | 14 | 35 | #733 |
| 1907 | 27 | 18 | 45 | #603 |
| 1906 | 28 | 16 | 44 | #604 |
| 1905 | 23 | 15 | 38 | #631 |
| 1904 | 18 | 17 | 35 | #559 |
| 1903 | 26 | 6 | 32 | #1,047 |
| 1902 | 19 | 14 | 33 | #603 |
| 1901 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #750 |
| 1900 | 26 | 13 | 39 | #720 |
| 1899 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #886 |
| 1898 | 24 | 18 | 42 | #500 |
| 1897 | 21 | 7 | 28 | #884 |
| 1896 | 17 | 8 | 25 | #849 |
| 1895 | 16 | 11 | 27 | #665 |
| 1894 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #654 |
| 1893 | 15 | 10 | 25 | #683 |
| 1892 | 21 | — | 21 | — |
| 1891 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #886 |
| 1890 | 18 | 9 | 27 | #709 |
| 1889 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #702 |
| 1888 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #677 |
| 1887 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #781 |
| 1886 | 13 | 8 | 21 | #740 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1884 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #998 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #929 |
| 1881 | — | 5 | 5 | #900 |
| 1880 | — | 7 | 7 | #775 |