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Golden Name Popularity

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How popular is Golden?

In 2018 the rare name Golden, ranked the 3,608th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Golden is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #493 in 1898.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1919 with 66 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Golden was less than 5, most recently in 1961.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Golden occurred roughly during the years 1906-1912, and 1949-1952, whereas 1923-1926, and 1932-1935 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Golden has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Golden's popularity has steadily increased for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Golden lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Golden?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

The name Golden is very unique but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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		Golden (Girl)		Golden (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		35	4,070	30	3,608
2017		34	4,236	32	3,462
2016		19	6,497	17	5,373
2015		17	7,058	28	3,807
2014		16	7,415	24	4,168
2013		13	8,728	20	4,669
2012		10	10,682	23	4,296
2011		8	12,559	21	4,552
2010		9	11,582	18	5,104
2009		7	14,190	11	7,373
2008		8	12,999	11	7,367
2007		15	8,228	17	5,275
2006		16	7,608	12	6,602
2005		15	7,636	8	8,546
2004		6	14,779	17	4,855
2003		< 5	--	8	8,101
2002		10	9,747	10	6,707
2001		5	16,196	11	6,164
2000		< 5	--	16	4,653
1999		< 5	--	8	7,389
1998		6	13,002	10	5,983
1997		< 5	--	10	5,791
1996		7	10,974	10	5,688
1995		< 5	--	10	5,646
1994		< 5	--	5	9,316
1993		< 5	--	8	6,419
1992		8	9,795	8	6,336
1991		6	12,024	16	3,711
1990		< 5	--	10	5,132
1989		9	8,270	13	4,114
1988		9	7,926	9	4,935
1987		9	7,572	10	4,364
1986		6	9,953	10	4,241
1985		9	7,147	14	3,275
1984		8	7,622	13	3,341
1983		12	5,563	13	3,299
1982		6	9,603	9	4,354
1981		11	6,019	15	2,949
1980		6	9,477	19	2,569
1979		11	5,868	27	1,962
1978		6	8,903	23	2,099
1977		9	6,521	23	2,089
1976		< 5	--	23	2,080
1975		8	6,718	5	5,778
1974		< 5	--	11	3,206
1973		< 5	--	10	3,293
1972		< 5	--	9	3,435
1971		< 5	--	8	3,764
1970		7	6,569	11	2,965
1969		< 5	--	6	4,120
1968		7	5,837	8	3,199
1967		8	5,143	5	4,183
1966		< 5	--	9	2,863
1965		5	6,861	7	3,361
1964		7	5,655	11	2,588
1963		7	5,512	21	1,761
1962		6	6,114	12	2,426
1961		9	4,659	< 5	--
1960		5	6,700	11	2,598
1959		< 5	--	9	2,903
1958		5	6,429	22	1,700
1957		7	5,071	17	1,975
1956		10	4,009	15	2,122
1955		5	6,174	13	2,254
1954		7	4,849	19	1,786
1953		8	4,367	12	2,331
1952		13	3,091	32	1,329
1951		5	5,712	20	1,695
1950		7	4,473	15	1,968
1949		10	3,473	19	1,725
1948		8	4,001	21	1,629
1947		12	3,129	24	1,531
1946		14	2,655	20	1,617
1945		7	3,793	17	1,652
1944		15	2,327	21	1,497
1943		5	4,939	16	1,865
1942		8	3,546	21	1,557
1941		16	2,128	15	1,847
1940		15	2,144	15	1,837
1939		8	3,251	30	1,206
1938		14	2,271	24	1,383
1937		15	2,124	34	1,131
1936		12	2,427	26	1,305
1935		18	1,873	19	1,616
1934		12	2,485	22	1,477
1933		21	1,675	34	1,133
1932		15	2,176	29	1,274
1931		22	1,650	28	1,316
1930		19	1,898	38	1,141
1929		24	1,611	34	1,205
1928		33	1,349	38	1,151
1927		23	1,788	44	1,068
1926		24	1,745	36	1,202
1925		31	1,481	44	1,049
1924		44	1,193	54	954
1923		32	1,439	48	1,016
1922		50	1,082	44	1,063
1921		58	977	58	925
1920		44	1,143	51	967
1919		62	895	66	805
1918		58	940	40	1,085
1917		37	1,194	53	879
1916		56	908	48	920
1915		47	974	45	931
1914		35	1,010	40	860
1913		24	1,131	39	751
1912		32	896	40	675
1911		28	818	17	805
1910		25	864	21	643
1909		25	820	26	510
1908		21	860	14	724
1907		27	731	18	603
1906		28	695	16	600
1905		23	765	15	622
1904		18	862	17	546
1903		26	659	6	1,065
1902		19	804	14	599
1901		12	974	9	750
1900		26	711	13	709
1899		8	1,220	7	894
1898		24	671	18	493
1897		21	684	7	885
1896		17	799	8	852
1895		16	799	11	652
1894		9	1,097	11	648
1893		15	774	10	673
1892		21	627	< 5	--
1891		16	680	6	893
1890		18	624	9	694
1889		11	823	9	693
1888		9	916	10	668
1887		8	889	7	781
1886		13	645	8	720
1885		9	766	< 5	--
1884		8	816	5	1,038
1883		< 5	--	5	953
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	5	925
1880		< 5	--	7	772

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.