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How popular is the name Golden?
Births per year, rank history and how many Goldens are alive today.
Golden (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Golden you are most likely to meet is around 0 years old. Half of all Goldens born in England and Wales are between 7 and 22, and there are at least 65 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Golden - on average, only one in every 4,662 such rooms contains a Golden.
How many babies are named Golden each year?
Where does Golden rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Golden most popular?
Golden peaked in 2025, when 4 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Golden?
At least 65 people named Golden born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Golden?
Most living Goldens are between 7 and 22; the most common age is about 0.
Is Golden becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.