Golda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GOHL-da
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,645 for girls
Golda is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “gold”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 2,645th for girls in the US (65 babies).
What does Golda mean?
Germanic: Yiddish, from golde 'gold'
“gold”
Borne by Golda Meir, Israel's prime minister from 1969 to 1974.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Golda a girl's or a boy's name?
Golda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 65 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Golda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Golda, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th.
2025 had the most girls named Golda of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Golda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Golda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
How popular is Golda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,645among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 65about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 65 girls in the US were named Golda, making it the 2,645th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 1915, with 158 girls.
Half of all the girls named Golda in the US since 1880 were born between 1908 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.
Golda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,645 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,704 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,894 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 45 | #3,478 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,452 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,052 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,966 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,187 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,088 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,969 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,587 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,741 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,150 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,471 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,355 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,150 |
| 1939 | 47 | #1,039 |
| 1938 | 37 | #1,200 |
| 1937 | 41 | #1,116 |
| 1936 | 57 | #901 |
| 1935 | 63 | #866 |
| 1934 | 55 | #925 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,364 |
| 1932 | 53 | #969 |
| 1931 | 54 | #941 |
| 1930 | 58 | #956 |
| 1929 | 55 | #968 |
| 1928 | 65 | #918 |
| 1927 | 93 | #739 |
| 1926 | 101 | #722 |
| 1925 | 98 | #747 |
| 1924 | 83 | #817 |
| 1923 | 93 | #752 |
| 1922 | 94 | #754 |
| 1921 | 119 | #679 |
| 1920 | 136 | #609 |
| 1919 | 127 | #622 |
| 1918 | 147 | #588 |
| 1917 | 144 | #565 |
| 1916 | 154 | #533 |
| 1915 | 158 | #489 |
| 1914 | 126 | #497 |
| 1913 | 117 | #461 |
| 1912 | 104 | #466 |
| 1911 | 85 | #439 |
| 1910 | 79 | #449 |
| 1909 | 101 | #361 |
| 1908 | 98 | #365 |
| 1907 | 87 | #376 |
| 1906 | 70 | #408 |
| 1905 | 81 | #376 |
| 1904 | 86 | #351 |
| 1903 | 85 | #341 |
| 1902 | 81 | #354 |
| 1901 | 87 | #322 |
| 1900 | 106 | #330 |
| 1899 | 81 | #334 |
| 1898 | 90 | #331 |
| 1897 | 82 | #320 |
| 1896 | 84 | #316 |
| 1895 | 65 | #349 |
| 1894 | 86 | #295 |
| 1893 | 57 | #356 |
| 1892 | 57 | #348 |
| 1891 | 49 | #355 |
| 1890 | 52 | #354 |
| 1889 | 45 | #358 |
| 1888 | 35 | #420 |
| 1887 | 25 | #446 |
| 1886 | 32 | #378 |
| 1885 | 38 | #329 |
| 1884 | 18 | #479 |
| 1883 | 13 | #536 |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #738 |
Nicknames for Golda
- Goldie 95 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Golda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada Lola Matilda Rosa Etta Cora Flora Ella Clara Mabel Lottie Eva
Names related to Golda
More Germanic names
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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, “Golda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/golda, updated 20 October 2026.