Godfrey
About Godfrey
Godfrey was very popular in the Middle Ages, but today you're more likely to hear it as a surname than a first name. It has a solid, old-man charm, but a couple of possible deal-breakers: the first syllable being God, and no obvious nickname. Goff, maybe? For a different feel, we also like the Italian artist's version Giotto.
Pronounced GOD-free.
As of October 2026, Godfrey ranked #7850 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #566 in 1888.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Godfrey on lists
Famous Godfreys
- Godfrey Kneller
1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller), German,English painter
- Godfrey of Bouillon
Frankish Crusader
- Godfrey I
III, Counts of Louvain
- Godfrey I
IV, Dukes of Lower Lorraine
- Godfrey I
Count of Verdun
- Godfrey Chitalu
Zambian footballer
- Godfrey William Bloom
British MEP
- (Thomas) Godfrey Evans
English cricketer
- Godfrey Akwasi Poku
British footballer
- Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
South African Olympic athlete
- Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge
American comedian
- Godfrey Mangwiza
runner up of Big Brother Canada 3
- Godfrey Martin Huggins
1st Viscount Malvern, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia
- Godfrey Reggio
American documentary filmmaker
- Godfrey Gao (born Tsao Chih
Hsiang), Taiwanese,born Canadian actor and model
- Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield
English electrical engineer and Nobel Prize winner
Godfrey in pop culture
- Godfrey "Smith" Parke
main character in movie "My Man Godfrey"