Girls' name · since 1957
Goddess
747 babies named Goddess in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,565 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 747
- born since 1957
- 2010s
- peak decade
Goddess currently ranks #4565 among girls' names in America, with 747 babies recorded since 1957.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Goddess has been recorded 747 times among girls since 1957, currently ranked #4565 nationally and more common than 74% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2025.
- #9,155 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,565 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 747 born since 1957
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Goddess ranks #9,155 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,565 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 747 born since 1957, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,565 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 747
- born since 1957
- 2010s
- peak decade
Goddess's 747 recorded births place it above 87.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Goddess compares
747 Top 37% higher than 63% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Goddess's all-time total is 99% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Goddess | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 747 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 68 | 21 | 19,840 |
Goddess's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Goddess splits its recorded history at 2013: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1957 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 68 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Goddess popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 68
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Goddess by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (359 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Goddess's strongest decade.
359 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Goddess births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 2000s 117
2000s
117 births
- 2010s
2010s
359 births
- 2020s
2020s
265 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 359 births (48% of all-time use).
How Goddess compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Goddess's total volume
Goddess by state
Where Goddess concentrates geographically, total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 29 | 3.9% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 26 | 3.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 24 | 3.2% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 19 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 17 | 2.3% |
| #6 | California | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.8% |
29 of 747 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Goddess appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Goddess's data
- Goddess's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (359 total births) through the 2020s (265) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Goddesss (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Goddess: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~68 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1957–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Goddess draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.