Godfrey
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Godfrey is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “peace of God”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Godfrey mean?
Germanic
“peace of God”
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Godfrey a girl's or a boy's name?
Godfrey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Godfrey in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Godfrey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Godfrey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Godfrey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Godfrey, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 71 boys.
Half of all the boys named Godfrey in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
Godfrey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,566 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 21 | #1,683 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 33 | #1,370 |
| 1963 | 31 | #1,402 |
| 1962 | 33 | #1,366 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,249 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,433 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,336 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,171 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,256 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,197 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,291 |
| 1953 | 40 | #1,169 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,267 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,096 |
| 1948 | 55 | #932 |
| 1947 | 54 | #967 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,110 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,187 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,244 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,588 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,067 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,194 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,403 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,225 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,273 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,241 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,586 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,175 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,050 |
| 1930 | 35 | #1,190 |
| 1929 | 37 | #1,138 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,147 |
| 1927 | 48 | #1,012 |
| 1926 | 53 | #931 |
| 1925 | 48 | #984 |
| 1924 | 41 | #1,117 |
| 1923 | 56 | #913 |
| 1922 | 35 | #1,222 |
| 1921 | 55 | #950 |
| 1920 | 57 | #911 |
| 1919 | 53 | #918 |
| 1918 | 71 | #773 |
| 1917 | 61 | #804 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1915 | 46 | #916 |
| 1914 | 39 | #870 |
| 1913 | 31 | #871 |
| 1912 | 34 | #735 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 14 | #640 |
| 1905 | 13 | #666 |
| 1904 | 12 | #686 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 11 | #662 |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 9 | #778 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 13 | #554 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 10 | #604 |
| 1884 | 9 | #663 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 9 | #595 |
| 1880 | 9 | #640 |
Names like Godfrey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harry, Harvey, William, Charlie, Archie, Lewis, Henry, Stanley, Albert, Rupert, Louie, Frederick
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie, Avery, Reggie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Godfrey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/godfrey, updated 20 October 2026.