# Goodwin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/goodwin/  
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 |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “good”, “friend” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡʊdwɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 256 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 256 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Old English gōd (“good”) + wine (“friend”).

## What it means

Goodwin is grouped under friend.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 9 | 3,114 |
| 1925 | 14 | 2,240 |
| 1926 | 8 | 3,239 |
| 1927 | 11 | 2,595 |
| 1928 | 12 | 2,443 |
| 1929 | 7 | 3,367 |
| 1930 | 7 | 3,415 |
| 1931 | 7 | 3,220 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,443 |
| 1936 | 6 | 3,311 |
| 1944 | 6 | 3,253 |
| 1953 | 6 | 3,573 |
| 1961 | 7 | 3,479 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,275 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,115 |

## People named Goodwin

- Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biochemist (1903–1967)
- Goodwin Knight, 31st Governor of California (1896–1970)

## 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.