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.
- #26,338 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak 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.
- #26,338 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 28 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gould ranks #26,338 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #26,338 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Gould's 28 recorded births place it above 41.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
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 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
1920s is the heaviest window (15 births, 54% of the file).
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).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gould: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1914–1925 (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 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 August 2026.