Goliath — #11903 US boys' name
49 babies named Goliath in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 16% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Goliath was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Goliath in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Goliath
The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Goliath between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Goliath currently holds the #11903 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Goliath performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Goliath shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Goliath 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 49 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.
Goliath at a glance
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Current rank
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Goliath popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2015
- Peak year (2019)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #11903 among boys.
49 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 9 births in a single year.
Goliath by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 25 births that decade — 51% of Goliath's all-time total
Goliath decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Goliath's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 2015–2024 (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.