Goku — #11830 US boys' name
122 babies named Goku in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 17% of names given to boys today.
56% of everyone ever named Goku was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Goku in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Goku
The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Goku between 2013 and 2024, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Goku currently holds the #11830 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Goku performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Goku shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Goku 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 122 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.
Goku at a glance
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Current rank
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Goku popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2013
- Peak year (2020)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
Currently ranks #11830 among boys.
122 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 20 births in a single year.
Goku by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 68 births that decade — 56% of Goku's all-time total
Goku decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Goku's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 2013–2024 (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.