# Golden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/golden/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡoʊldən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Goulden |
| US babies named this | 5,229 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,937 / 2,292 (44% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 22, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the adjective golden. * As an Irish surname, from mag Ualghairg; see McGoldrick.

## 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 | 8 | 12,567 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10,700 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,741 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7,429 |
| 2015 | 17 | 7,086 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6,509 |
| 2017 | 34 | 4,249 |
| 2018 | 35 | 4,103 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3,951 |
| 2020 | 32 | 4,295 |
| 2021 | 36 | 4,049 |
| 2022 | 42 | 3,668 |
| 2023 | 54 | 3,054 |
| 2024 | 48 | 3,304 |
| 2025 | 45 | 3,417 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 4,557 |
| 2012 | 23 | 4,300 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,684 |
| 2014 | 25 | 4,050 |
| 2015 | 28 | 3,813 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,393 |
| 2017 | 32 | 3,474 |
| 2018 | 31 | 3,560 |
| 2019 | 44 | 2,823 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3,038 |
| 2021 | 48 | 2,667 |
| 2022 | 45 | 2,841 |
| 2023 | 67 | 2,156 |
| 2024 | 49 | 2,681 |
| 2025 | 51 | 2,583 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Golden

- 24kGoldn, American rapper and singer-songwriter (born 2000)

## 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.