girls' name ★ peaked 1915

Goldie

Gender Girl · 1% boys Rank 2025 #621 Trend ↑ Rising 153%

A female given name from English for a girl with golden hair, mostly American usage around 1900.

Rank 2025
#621
among girls · ↑28 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
469
named Goldie · +4% vs 2024
How common
1 in 3,427
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1915
1,068 babies
All-time total
38,996
#705 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Goldie popularity over time

38,996 babies have been named Goldie since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 1,327 – 1,327 133 – #133
1890s 3,491 32 3,523 352 +165% #121
1900s 4,966 43 5,009 501 +42% #114
1910s 8,563 117 8,680 868 +73% #139
1920s 7,975 90 8,065 807 -7% #198
1930s 3,632 59 3,691 369 -54% #285
1940s 1,896 33 1,929 193 -48% #422
1950s 1,284 10 1,294 129 -33% #713
1960s 606 – 606 61 -53% #1,129
1970s 549 39 588 59 -3% #1,441
1980s 493 6 499 50 -15% #1,576
1990s 347 6 353 35 -29% #2,840
2000s 308 – 308 31 -13% #3,581
2010s 870 – 870 87 +182% #1,381
2020s (to 2025) 2,246 8 2,254 376 +332% #621

Where Goldie is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 551 0.34 outside top 500
2027 632 0.39 #482
2028 710 0.44 #437
2029 783 0.49 #397
2030 852 0.53 #355

Where Goldie is most popular

Girls named Goldie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.247 per 1,000. Strongest in Utah, Idaho, and Missouri.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Goldie born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Utah 108 1.30 +426%
Idaho 27 0.807 +227%
Missouri 64 0.531 +115%
Kansas 30 0.520 +111%
Colorado 50 0.448 +82%
Oregon 28 0.430 +74%
Arizona 60 0.428 +73%
Tennessee 66 0.417 +69%
Arkansas 22 0.416 +69%
Iowa 24 0.411 +67%
Oklahoma 30 0.408 +65%
Indiana 53 0.378 +53%
New Jersey 68 0.377 +53%
Washington 54 0.374 +52%
South Carolina 32 0.356 +44%
California 298 0.355 +44%
New York 124 0.313 +27%
Michigan 53 0.291 +18%
Texas 183 0.228 -8%
Ohio 53 0.223 -9%
Illinois 47 0.205 -17%
Wisconsin 21 0.204 -17%
Pennsylvania 43 0.182 -26%
Minnesota 19 0.176 -29%
Florida 75 0.175 -29%
Massachusetts 21 0.174 -30%
Connecticut 10 0.172 -30%
Alabama 16 0.170 -31%
Nevada 7 0.151 -39%
Georgia 32 0.141 -43%
Nebraska 5 0.139 -44%
North Carolina 30 0.132 -47%
Kentucky 11 0.129 -48%
Virginia 13 0.076 -69%
Maryland 7 0.066 -73%
Louisiana 5 0.057 -77%
Alaska – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Goldie

Goldie is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #621 in 2025 with 469 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 38,996 American babies have been named Goldie. Its peak came in 1915, when 1,068 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1910s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Goldie stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Goldie?

The median living Goldie is about 49 years old; half are between 5 and 77. An estimated 8,800 people named Goldie are alive in the United States today.

median 49 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Goldie year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 469 #621 – –
2024 453 #649 – –
2023 423 #687 – –
2022 345 #814 8 #9,286
2021 311 #877 – –
2020 245 #1,025 – –
2019 163 #1,381 – –
2018 140 #1,550 – –
2017 130 #1,659 – –
2016 118 #1,763 – –
2015 79 #2,345 – –
2014 75 #2,424 – –
2013 52 #3,139 – –
2012 39 #3,946 – –
2011 38 #3,942 – –
2010 36 #4,138 – –
2009 37 #4,131 – –
2008 36 #4,302 – –
2007 28 #5,142 – –
2006 44 #3,581 – –
2005 25 #5,154 – –
2004 41 #3,583 – –
2003 24 #5,144 – –
2002 25 #4,811 – –
2001 25 #4,740 – –
2000 23 #5,047 – –
1995 37 #3,113 – –
1990 30 #3,554 – –
1985 43 #2,325 – –
1980 74 #1,576 – –
1975 60 #1,631 8 #4,079
1970 72 #1,441 – –
1965 47 #1,643 – –
1960 86 #1,174 – –
1955 126 #867 – –
1950 145 #713 – –
1945 178 #550 6 #3,128
1940 266 #422 7 #2,973
1935 346 #343 5 #3,867
1930 528 #285 5 #4,225
1925 764 #237 12 #2,493
1920 996 #198 5 #4,564
1915 1,051 #172 17 #1,735
1910 592 #139 – –
1905 548 #114 – –
1900 502 #127 5 #1,399
1895 358 #128 – –
1890 254 #139 – –
1885 167 #140 – –
1880 24 #330 – –

Famous people named Goldie

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Goldie Hawn Goldie Hawn American actress (born 1945) Contemporary
  2. 2 Goldie Goldie British DJ and producer (born 1965) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Goldie, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Goldie?

The median living Goldie is about 49 years old. Half of all living Goldies are between 5 and 77 years old.

How many people named Goldie are alive today?

An estimated 8,800 people named Goldie are alive in the United States, based on 38,996 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Goldie mean?

A female given name from English for a girl with golden hair, mostly American usage around 1900.

How popular is the name Goldie in 2025?

Goldie ranked #621 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 469 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Goldie?

38,996 babies have been named Goldie in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Goldie most popular?

Goldie peaked in 1915, when 1,068 newborns received the name.

Is Goldie a boy or girl name?

Goldie is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 99% of babies with the name.

Is the name Goldie rising or falling?

Goldie is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Goldie become more popular?

Goldie is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 852 girls named Goldie in 2030, which would rank around #355. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Goldie?

Well-known people named Goldie include Goldie Hawn (actor), Goldie (musician).

Names like Goldie

Names that sound and feel close to Goldie: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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