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Golden

Pronounced /ˈɡəʊldən/

Rank in 2024
#2,696
Born in 2024
49
Peak year
2023 · #2162
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:48 in 2024 (#3,293)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 49 boys were named Golden, about 1 in every 35,006.
  • It peaked in 2023 with 67 babies, ranked #2162.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 2,886 boys 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: 923 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 461 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 313 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 205 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 173 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 211 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 444 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.