Goro — boys' name
77 babies named Goro in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
83% of everyone ever named Goro was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Goro in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Goro
The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Goro between 1916 and 1928, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Goro currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Goro performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Goro shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Goro in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Goro 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 77 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.
Goro at a glance
Last recorded 1928Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Goro popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1916
- Peak year (1923)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1928.
77 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 12 births in a single year.
Goro by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 64 births that decade — 83% of Goro's all-time total
Goro decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Goro's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 83% of all-time use.
Goro by state
Where Goro concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 38 | 49.4% |
38 of 77 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 49.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 49.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1916–1928 (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.