How Many People Are Named Golden?
people named Golden are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 153,542 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,229 babies named Golden in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
128 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Golden, 39.9% were girls and 60.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 50.9% of the babies were girls then and 46.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Golden alive today is about 31 years old, and 56% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Golden first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 128 babies. In 2025, 96 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Golden has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #493, in 1898. In 2025 it ranked #2,583. Among girls, its best rank was #624, in 1890.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,583 | #3,416 |
| Best rank | #493 (1898) | #624 (1890) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,046 in the 1920s | #959 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Golden alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Golden were born in California than in any other state: about 106 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Golden was given 15.2 times as often in West Virginia, 8.2 times in Kentucky and 2.5 times in Georgia.
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