Godric
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GOD-rik
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Godric is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “God's power”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Godric mean?
Old English: from god 'god' and ric 'power, ruler'
“God's power”
Godric Gryffindor founds Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books; Saint Godric of Finchale was a 12th-century English hermit.
Is Godric a girl's or a boy's name?
Godric is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Godric in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Godric, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the fewest boys named Godric since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Godric in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Godric in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
Names like Godric
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gael, Ares, Atlas, Archer, Hendrix, Ledger, Luca, Shepherd, Wylder, Wilder, Kylo, Thiago
More Old English names
Alfie, Edward, Teddy, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar
Sources
Figures from 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, “Godric: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/godric, updated 20 October 2026.