Goldie
Goldie was given to 469 girls in 2025, #621 among girls’ names; 38,996 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,250 Americans named Goldie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (21% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 6 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Goldie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Goldie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Goldie is “a female given name from English for a girl with golden hair, mostly American usage around 1900. It was further popularized by actress Goldie Hawn”
Also “a male or female given name from English for a golden-colored dog or bird”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Goldie?
#621 among girls’ names, 2025
Goldie rose from #2,345 in 2015 to #621 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.04 to 0.29 per 1,000.
1,068 babies in 1915, the peak
Goldie peaked in 1915, when 1,068 babies were given it (1,051 girls, #172 among girls’ names). The 469 births of 2025 are 44% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 469 | #621 | 0.29 |
| 2024 | 453 | #649 | 0.28 |
| 2023 | 423 | #687 | 0.26 |
| 2022 | 345 | #814 | 0.21 |
| 2021 | 311 | #877 | 0.19 |
| 2020 | 245 | #1,025 | 0.15 |
| 2019 | 163 | #1,381 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 140 | #1,550 | 0.08 |
| 2017 | 130 | #1,659 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,763 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 79 | #2,345 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 75 | #2,424 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 52 | #3,138 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,945 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,941 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,137 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,130 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,301 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,139 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,580 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,150 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,579 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,139 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,807 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,735 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 23 | #5,042 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,651 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,757 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,652 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,973 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,108 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,176 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,946 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 42 | #2,835 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,897 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,549 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,995 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 47 | #2,337 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,448 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,482 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 43 | #2,324 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 38 | #2,485 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 40 | #2,365 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,687 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 66 | #1,720 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 74 | #1,576 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,122 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,019 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,783 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,943 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 60 | #1,631 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 39 | #2,109 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,552 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,638 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 66 | #1,520 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 72 | #1,441 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 54 | #1,636 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 32 | #2,138 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 48 | #1,646 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 48 | #1,625 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,643 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,641 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 74 | #1,283 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 73 | #1,294 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 95 | #1,128 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 86 | #1,173 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 100 | #1,069 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 112 | #982 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 123 | #926 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 131 | #872 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 126 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 155 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 115 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 150 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 127 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 145 | #712 | 0.08 |
| 1949 | 143 | #709 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 172 | #631 | 0.10 |
| 1947 | 145 | #704 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 173 | #600 | 0.11 |
| 1945 | 178 | #550 | 0.14 |
| 1944 | 162 | #578 | 0.12 |
| 1943 | 217 | #507 | 0.16 |
| 1942 | 216 | #508 | 0.16 |
| 1941 | 224 | #465 | 0.19 |
| 1940 | 266 | #422 | 0.23 |
| 1939 | 266 | #415 | 0.24 |
| 1938 | 295 | #390 | 0.27 |
| 1937 | 263 | #400 | 0.25 |
| 1936 | 329 | #347 | 0.32 |
| 1935 | 346 | #343 | 0.33 |
| 1934 | 383 | #319 | 0.37 |
| 1933 | 380 | #319 | 0.38 |
| 1932 | 418 | #310 | 0.39 |
| 1931 | 424 | #310 | 0.40 |
| 1930 | 528 | #285 | 0.47 |
| 1929 | 538 | #279 | 0.48 |
| 1928 | 636 | #255 | 0.55 |
| 1927 | 664 | #255 | 0.56 |
| 1926 | 743 | #239 | 0.63 |
| 1925 | 764 | #237 | 0.63 |
| 1924 | 845 | #226 | 0.68 |
| 1923 | 879 | #217 | 0.73 |
| 1922 | 926 | #209 | 0.77 |
| 1921 | 984 | #204 | 0.80 |
| 1920 | 996 | #198 | 0.83 |
| 1919 | 989 | #193 | 0.88 |
| 1918 | 1,021 | #193 | 0.88 |
| 1917 | 1,012 | #187 | 0.94 |
| 1916 | 1,039 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1915 | 1,051 | #172 | 1.1 |
| 1914 | 787 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1913 | 791 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 1912 | 688 | #158 | 1.2 |
| 1911 | 593 | #140 | 1.4 |
| 1910 | 592 | #139 | 1.5 |
| 1909 | 530 | #134 | 1.5 |
| 1908 | 538 | #129 | 1.6 |
| 1907 | 520 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1906 | 482 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1905 | 548 | #114 | 1.9 |
| 1904 | 513 | #114 | 1.9 |
| 1903 | 430 | #129 | 1.6 |
| 1902 | 473 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 1901 | 430 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 1900 | 502 | #127 | 1.7 |
| 1899 | 397 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 1898 | 446 | #121 | 1.7 |
| 1897 | 400 | #124 | 1.7 |
| 1896 | 384 | #125 | 1.6 |
| 1895 | 358 | #128 | 1.5 |
| 1894 | 349 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1893 | 301 | #138 | 1.4 |
| 1892 | 296 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1891 | 306 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1890 | 254 | #139 | 1.3 |
| 1889 | 246 | #141 | 1.4 |
| 1888 | 261 | #133 | 1.5 |
| 1887 | 159 | #154 | 1.1 |
| 1886 | 204 | #134 | 1.4 |
| 1885 | 167 | #140 | 1.3 |
| 1884 | 135 | #153 | 1.0 |
| 1883 | 51 | #254 | 0.45 |
| 1882 | 41 | #271 | 0.38 |
| 1881 | 39 | #258 | 0.42 |
| 1880 | 24 | #330 | 0.26 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Goldie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 38,996 Americans recorded as Goldie, 99% are girls and 1% boys. In 2025 it went to 469 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Goldie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Goldie, and how old are they?
8,250 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 21% of the 38,996 Americans ever recorded as Goldie. The median Goldie alive today is 45 years old; half are between 6 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 6,844 people named Goldie (6,677 women and girls, 167 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,861 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,440 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,740 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 827 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 657 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 516 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,990 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Goldie born?
The states with the most babies named Goldie are Kentucky, Ohio and New York, with 23% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 1,962 | #685 | 2.7× |
| Ohio | 1,917 | #724 | 1.3× |
| New York | 1,879 | #536 | 0.7× |
| West Virginia | 1,872 | not ranked | 4.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,774 | #955 | 0.8× |
| Missouri | 1,608 | #453 | 2.0× |
| Virginia | 1,309 | #1,094 | 1.7× |
| Oklahoma | 1,199 | #383 | 2.0× |
| Texas | 1,050 | #601 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 1,026 | #684 | 0.7× |
Where Goldie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Goldie is most over-represented in West Virginia: since 1910 it was given 4.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Goldie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 49,099 babies since 1880, Goldie is the most given (79% of them). In 2025 it was given to 469 of their 628 babies (75%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Goldie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Goldie and names like it
- Compare Goldie and GoldaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sGoldie peaked in 1915.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Goldie since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Goldie: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1915The year the most babies were named Goldie.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Goldie alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with GMost given first.