US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE GOLDEN

Same rise and fall as Golden, around the same years.

WHERE GOLDEN IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Golden ranked highest in Illinois (#2,322) and lowest in California (#5,341). 47 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Golden name popularity

Golden has been given to 5,229 babies in the United States since 1880.

It peaked in 1919, when 128 babies got the name, and its best rank was #741 in 1898.

In 2025, 96 babies were named Golden (#3,627 in the country), 25% below the peak. That is up 113% from 2015.

About 44% of babies named Golden were girls and 56% were boys.

An estimated 2.3K people named Golden are alive in the US today, with a median age of 24.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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