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How popular is “Golden” in the USA?

Number of people named “Golden” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Golden” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Golden” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Golden” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Golden” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Golden” by birth year

This chart shows how “Golden” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 7 0.000034742 7 -100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 13 0.000053397 8 5 23%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 100%
1886 21 0.000082251 13 8 24%
1887 15 0.000060633 8 7 7%
1888 19 0.000063445 9 10 -5%
1889 20 0.000069217 11 9 10%
1890 27 0.000089582 18 9 33%
1891 22 0.000076742 16 6 45%
1892 21 0.000062804 21 100%
1893 25 0.00007687 15 10 20%
1894 20 0.000059051 9 11 -10%
1895 27 0.000076919 16 11 19%
1896 25 0.000069933 17 8 36%
1897 28 0.000080702 21 7 50%
1898 42 0.000110105 24 18 14%
1899 15 0.000044217 8 7 7%
1900 39 0.000086617 26 13 33%
1901 21 0.000060727 12 9 14%
1902 33 0.00008533 19 14 15%
1903 32 0.000083945 26 6 63%
1904 35 0.000086744 18 17 3%
1905 38 0.000089639 23 15 21%
1906 44 0.000102696 28 16 27%
1907 45 0.000096693 27 18 20%
1908 35 0.000071626 21 14 20%
1909 51 0.000099761 25 26 -2%
1910 46 0.000077872 25 21 9%
1911 45 0.000069846 28 17 24%
1912 72 0.00007287 32 40 -11%
1913 63 0.000055404 24 39 -24%
1914 75 0.000052953 35 40 -7%
1915 92 0.000050207 47 45 2%
1916 104 0.000053763 56 48 8%
1917 90 0.000044849 37 53 -18%
1918 98 0.000045138 58 40 18%
1919 128 0.000060656 62 66 -3%
1920 95 0.000041986 44 51 -7%
1921 116 0.000049689 58 58 0%
1922 94 0.000041063 50 44 6%
1923 80 0.000034745 32 48 -20%
1924 98 0.000041149 44 54 -10%
1925 75 0.000032143 31 44 -17%
1926 60 0.000026133 24 36 -20%
1927 67 0.000028887 23 44 -31%
1928 71 0.000031403 33 38 -7%
1929 58 0.000026458 24 34 -17%
1930 57 0.000025638 19 38 -33%
1931 50 0.00002376 22 28 -12%
1932 44 0.00002084 15 29 -32%
1933 55 0.000027508 21 34 -24%
1934 34 0.000016371 12 22 -29%
1935 37 0.000017704 18 19 -3%
1936 38 0.000018291 12 26 -37%
1937 49 0.000022997 15 34 -39%
1938 38 0.000017175 14 24 -26%
1939 38 0.000017246 8 30 -58%
1940 30 0.000013028 15 15 0%
1941 31 0.000012724 16 15 3%
1942 29 0.000010616 8 21 -45%
1943 21 0.00000744 5 16 -52%
1944 36 0.000013383 15 21 -17%
1945 24 0.000009047 7 17 -42%
1946 34 0.000010641 14 20 -18%
1947 36 0.000009994 12 24 -33%
1948 29 0.0000084 8 21 -45%
1949 29 0.000008322 10 19 -31%
1950 22 0.00000628 7 15 -36%
1951 25 0.000006787 5 20 -60%
1952 45 0.000011848 13 32 -42%
1953 20 0.00000519 8 12 -20%
1954 26 0.000006532 7 19 -46%
1955 17 0.000004234 5 12 -41%
1956 26 0.000006306 10 16 -23%
1957 24 0.000005711 7 17 -42%
1958 27 0.000006531 5 22 -63%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 16 0.000003852 5 11 -38%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 100%
1962 18 0.000004461 6 12 -33%
1963 28 0.000007074 7 21 -50%
1964 18 0.00000463 7 11 -22%
1965 12 0.00000331 5 7 -17%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 14 0.000004124 8 6 14%
1968 14 0.000004144 7 7 0%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 18 0.000004991 7 11 -22%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 8 5 23%
1976 23 0.00000758 23 -100%
1977 32 0.000010074 9 23 -44%
1978 29 0.000009137 6 23 -59%
1979 38 0.000011422 11 27 -42%
1980 26 0.000007548 6 20 -54%
1981 26 0.000007516 11 15 -15%
1982 15 0.000004276 6 9 -20%
1983 25 0.000007218 12 13 -4%
1984 21 0.000006019 8 13 -24%
1985 23 0.000006444 9 14 -22%
1986 16 0.000004498 6 10 -25%
1987 19 0.00000527 9 10 -5%
1988 18 0.000004871 9 9 0%
1989 22 0.000005723 9 13 -18%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 22 0.000005648 6 16 -45%
1992 16 0.000004165 8 8 0%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 -100%
1996 17 0.000004661 7 10 -18%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 16 0.00000435 6 10 -25%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 16 0.000004274 5 11 -38%
2002 20 0.00000535 10 10 0%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 23 0.000006019 6 17 -48%
2005 23 0.000005982 15 8 30%
2006 28 0.000007078 16 12 14%
2007 32 0.000008005 15 17 -6%
2008 19 0.000004834 8 11 -16%
2009 18 0.000004712 7 11 -22%
2010 27 0.000007306 9 18 -33%
2011 29 0.000007928 8 21 -45%
2012 33 0.000009023 10 23 -39%
2013 33 0.000009052 13 20 -21%
2014 41 0.000011062 16 25 -22%
2015 45 0.000012159 17 28 -24%
2016 36 0.000009813 19 17 6%
2017 66 0.000018455 34 32 3%
2018 66 0.000018772 35 31 6%
2019 81 0.000023337 37 44 -9%
2020 70 0.000020954 32 38 -9%
2021 84 0.000024794 36 48 -14%
2022 87 0.000025716 42 45 -3%
2023 121 0.000036543 54 67 -11%
2024 97 0.000029142 48 49 -1%

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