Girls' name · since 1880
Goldie
Goldie has 38,553 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #705 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #621 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38,553
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Goldie currently ranks #621 among girls' names in America, with 38,553 babies recorded since 1880.
Goldie has 38,553 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #621 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of girls, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #705 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #621 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 38,553 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Goldie ranks #705 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #621 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 38,553 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #705 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #621 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38,553
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Goldie's 38,553 recorded births place it above 99.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Kentucky.
How Goldie compares
38,553 Top 5% higher than 95% 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
Goldie's all-time total is 103x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Goldie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38,553 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,051 | 21 | 19,840 |
Goldie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Goldie splits its recorded history at 1953: 16% of all births land in the more recent half, 84% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2000 (23 births) -- compare that against the 1915 peak of 1,051 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Goldie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1915)
- 1,051
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Currently ranks #621 among girls.
38,553 total births across 146 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 1,051 births in a single year.
Goldie popularity over time - boys
443 total births recorded since 1891 (Goldie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Goldie accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Goldie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (8,563 births, 22% of the file).
1910s was Goldie's strongest decade.
8,563 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Goldie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,327
1880s
1,327 births
- 1890s
1890s
3,491 births
- 1900s
1900s
4,966 births
- 1910s
1910s
8,563 births
- 1920s
1920s
7,975 births
- 1930s
1930s
3,632 births
- 1940s 1,896
1940s
1,896 births
- 1950s 1,284
1950s
1,284 births
- 1960s 606
1960s
606 births
- 1970s 549
1970s
549 births
- 1980s 493
1980s
493 births
- 1990s 347
1990s
347 births
- 2000s 308
2000s
308 births
- 2010s 870
2010s
870 births
- 2020s 2,246
2020s
2,246 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 8,563 births (22% of all-time use).
Goldie decade highlights
- Peak decade 8,563 births
- Runner-up 7,975 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Goldie 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 Goldie's total volume
Goldie by state
Where Goldie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 1,957 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 1,917 | 5.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,879 | 4.9% |
| #4 | West Virginia | | 1,872 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,774 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 1,608 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 1,309 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 1,199 | 3.1% |
1,957 of 38,553 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 5.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.0% of nationwide
- New York 4.9% of nationwide
- West Virginia 4.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 45 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Goldie appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Goldie's data
- Goldie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (8,563 total births); usage has since declined to 2,246 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Goldies (1,957 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Goldie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Goldie 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.
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