Girls' name · since 1914

Goldena

34 babies named Goldena in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#39,478 of 72,339
all-time among girls
34
born since 1914
1920s
peak decade

34 girls have been named Goldena since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Goldena has 34 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1927.

  • #39,478 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 34 born since 1914
  • 1920s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Goldena ranks #39,478 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.

#39,478 of 72,339
all-time among girls
34
born since 1914
1920s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Goldena's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Goldena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Goldena's full recorded timeline at 1921, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1924 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Goldena popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1927

Last recorded 1927
Peak year (1924)
7
Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 191419181920192119241927 5

Goldena by decade

1920s is the heaviest window (23 births, 68% of the file).

1920s was Goldena's strongest decade.

23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.

Goldena births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1920s at 23 births (68% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Goldena?
Goldena has been given to 34 babies in the U.S. since 1914, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #39,478 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1927. 7 babies were born in 1924, its single highest year.
Where does Goldena sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Goldena ranks #39,478 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Goldena most popular?
Goldena was most popular in the 1920s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 1924.
How long has the name Goldena been used?
The SSA has tracked Goldena since 1914 -- 14 years through the most recent 1927 data.
What names are similar to Goldena?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Goldie, Golda, Golden, Goldia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Keep exploring Goldena

Nearby Names Like Goldena

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Goldena

Names with a similar number of total births

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Goldena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1914–1927 (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 Goldena 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.