# Golda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/golda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Yiddish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Goldy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,430 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,430 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 88, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 4,172 |
| 2012 | 30 | 4,759 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 34 | 4,303 |
| 2015 | 45 | 3,498 |
| 2016 | 40 | 3,806 |
| 2017 | 40 | 3,798 |
| 2018 | 33 | 4,268 |
| 2019 | 53 | 3,060 |
| 2020 | 47 | 3,303 |
| 2021 | 62 | 2,761 |
| 2022 | 58 | 2,909 |
| 2023 | 64 | 2,712 |
| 2024 | 65 | 2,676 |
| 2025 | 65 | 2,665 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Golda

- Golda Rosheuvel, English actress
- Mary Golda Ross, American aerospace engineer, first Native American female engineer
- Golda Madden, American actress (1886-1960)
- Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi, First Lady of Israel (1886–1979)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.