Godiva — girls' name
10 babies named Godiva in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Godiva was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Godiva in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Godiva
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Godiva between 1958 and 2017, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Godiva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Godiva performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Godiva shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Godiva in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Godiva at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Godiva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1958
- Peak year (1958)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
10 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 5 births in a single year.
Godiva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Godiva's all-time total
Godiva decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Godiva's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1958–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.