girls:
1.5k births since 1911
#4242 (26th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1911
#6244 (19th percentile)
The name Goldy is the #6,244 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,501 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 19.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,242 (25.8% percentile) for all time with 1,501 births since 1911.
Goldy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (first recorded for girls in 1911). Birth data for Goldy is available in 61 out of the 113 years between 1911 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Goldy reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 9.8% percentile (ranked #854) with 56 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 56 births per million (ranked 9.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Goldy is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #854 (9.8% percentile) with 56 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Goldy".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Goldy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Goldy is pronounced as GOHL-dee, which has 2 syllables.
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