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Golden

Pronounced /ˈɡəʊldən/

Rank in 2024
#3,293
Born in 2024
48
Peak year
1919 · #896
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:49 in 2024 (#2,696)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 48 girls were named Golden, about 1 in every 33,608.
  • It peaked in 1919 with 62 babies, ranked #896.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1884.
  • 2,247 girls have been named Golden since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Golden per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 909 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 279 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 145 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 67 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 100 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 115 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 383 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • A female given name.
  • A male given name.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈɡəʊldən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Golden, CC BY-SA 4.0.