Total births
25
Boys' name · since 2014
Goshen
Goshen has 25 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 25
- total births
- 2014–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 80%
- born in that decade
Goshen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 25 recorded since 2014.
Goshen has 25 recorded births among boys since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- 25 total births
- 2014–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 80% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
25 boys have been named Goshen since 2014, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 25
- total births
- 2014–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 80%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
80% of everyone ever named Goshen was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
8 babies were named Goshen in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
Goshen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Goshen's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Goshen at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2025
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2014
Goshen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Goshen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Goshen's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Goshen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (80% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Goshen? ▼
Goshen has been given to 25 babies in the U.S. since 2014, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2025. 8 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
When was Goshen most popular? ▼
Goshen was most popular in the 2020s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Goshen been used? ▼
Records for Goshen go back to 2014, giving 12 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Goshen? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gospel. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2014–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Goshen: Baby Name Since 2014 - 25 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/goshen. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Goshen 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 July 2026.