Godson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GAHD-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Godson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “godson”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Godson mean?
English: English word godson
“godson”
An English word name in the style of Godswill and Godspower, given especially in Nigerian Christian families.
Is Godson a girl's or a boy's name?
Godson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Godson in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 4 boys.
Godson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
How popular is Godson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Godson, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Godson in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Godson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Godson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Grayson Jaxon Jenson Albie Oakley Mason Archer Marley Harrison Theo Alfie
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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, “Godson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/godson, updated 20 October 2026.