Golden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GOHL-den
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,572 for boys
Golden is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “made of gold, golden”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,572nd for boys in the US (51 babies).
What does Golden mean?
English: English word
“made of gold, golden”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Golden a girl's or a boy's name?
Golden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 4 boys in the UK and 45 girls and 51 boys in the US.
How popular is Golden in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Golden, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. 3 girls were also named Golden in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Golden of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Golden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
How popular is Golden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,572among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were named Golden, making it the 2,572nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 67 boys. 45 girls were also named Golden in 2025 (3,388th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Golden in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1898, 57% of the babies named Golden in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 47%, with more boys than girls since 2019.
Golden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #2,572 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,146 |
| 2022 | 45 | #2,828 |
| 2021 | 48 | #2,651 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 27 | #1,943 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 21 | #1,743 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,322 |
| 1951 | 20 | #1,682 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,610 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1946 | 20 | #1,600 |
| 1945 | 17 | #1,632 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,482 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,537 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,194 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,364 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,119 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,296 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,461 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,124 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,254 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,302 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,132 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,195 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,147 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,060 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,192 |
| 1925 | 44 | #1,040 |
| 1924 | 54 | #952 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,008 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,058 |
| 1921 | 58 | #920 |
| 1920 | 51 | #965 |
| 1919 | 66 | #799 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,079 |
| 1917 | 53 | #876 |
| 1916 | 48 | #917 |
| 1915 | 45 | #925 |
| 1914 | 40 | #855 |
| 1913 | 39 | #745 |
| 1912 | 40 | #668 |
| 1911 | 17 | #792 |
| 1910 | 21 | #634 |
| 1909 | 26 | #505 |
| 1908 | 14 | #712 |
| 1907 | 18 | #591 |
| 1906 | 16 | #590 |
| 1905 | 15 | #615 |
| 1904 | 17 | #538 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 14 | #582 |
| 1901 | 9 | #727 |
| 1900 | 13 | #698 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 18 | #485 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 11 | #630 |
| 1893 | 10 | #650 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 7 | #752 |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
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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, “Golden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/golden, updated 20 October 2026.