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.
- #27,217 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,532 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 25
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
25 babies have been named Goshen since 2014, making it today's #9532 boys' name.
Goshen has 25 recorded births among boys since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9532 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of boys, 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.
- #27,217 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,532 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 25 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Goshen ranks #27,217 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,532 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 25 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,217 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,532 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 25
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Goshen's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Goshen compares
25 10th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Goshen's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Goshen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 25 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
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 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
2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 80% of the file).
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).
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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, 2014–2025 (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 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 August 2026.