Total births
28
Boys' name · since 1914
Gould
Gould has 28 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1914 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 28
- total births
- 1914–1925
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
Gould sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 28 recorded since 1914.
Gould has 28 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1925.
- 28 total births
- 1914–1925 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 54% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
28 boys have been named Gould since 1914, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1925.
- 28
- total births
- 1914–1925
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
1920s
Peak decade
54% of everyone ever named Gould was born in this single decade.
1914
Single peak year
7 babies were named Gould in 1914 - its busiest year on record.
Gould's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gould's full recorded timeline at 1920, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1914 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gould at a glance
Last recorded 1925Peak year
1914
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1914
Gould popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1925
- Peak year (1914)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Gould by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Gould's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Gould births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
13 births
- 1920s
1920s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 15 births (54% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Gould? ▼
Gould has been given to 28 babies in the U.S. since 1914, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1925. 7 babies were born in 1914, its single highest year.
When was Gould most popular? ▼
Gould was most popular in the 1920s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 1914.
How long has the name Gould been used? ▼
Gould has been recorded in Social Security data since 1914, spanning 12 years of data through 1925.
What names are similar to Gould? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Goutham. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1914–1925 (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. "Gould: Baby Name Since 1914 - 28 Births, Peak 1914." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/gould. 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 Gould 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 June 2026.