Golden
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Golden
Like Silver, a shimmering metallic color name, that may lean too dazzling for some, but more grounded for others, thanks to its similarity of Alden, Auden, Elden and Gordon. Given to 100 babies in a recent year, Golden is currently a gender neutral choice.
Golden for girls#3417 US
Like Silver, Golden is a shimmering, metallic color name, similar enough to the likes of Arden, Eden, and Gwendolyn that it might not over dazzle. It could work as an unexpected route to the vintage nickname Goldie or a less floral alternative to Marigold.
Given to not one but two celeb babies in 2025, it was chosen by former soccer player and team owner, Brittany Mahomes, for her daughter Golden Raye (sister to Sterling Skye and Patrick "Bronze" Lavon) and by influencer Nara Smith for her daughter, Fawnie Golden (sister to Rumble Honey, Slim Easy, and Whimsy Lou).
Around 100 babies were called Golden in the latest stats, when it appeared as a gender neutral choice.
Pronounced GOHL-den.
As of October 2026, Golden ranked #2583 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #493 in 1898.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,050 | 25 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #3,813 | 28 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #3,473 | 32 | #4,244 | 34 |
| 2018 | #3,557 | 31 | #4,101 | 35 |
| 2019 | #2,821 | 44 | #3,950 | 37 |
| 2020 | #3,038 | 38 | #4,293 | 32 |
| 2021 | #2,667 | 48 | #4,046 | 36 |
| 2022 | #2,839 | 45 | #3,665 | 42 |
| 2023 | #2,154 | 67 | #3,052 | 54 |
| 2024 | #2,673 | 49 | #3,289 | 48 |
| 2025 | #2,583 | 51 | #3,417 | 45 |
World rankings
Golden for boys
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- Golden Tate IIIBoy
American football player
- Golden "Sagon" Cannon (b. 2017)Boy
son of American entertainer Nick Cannon and Brittany Bell
- Golden Ameda BrooksGirl
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Golden in pop culture
- Golden RichardsBoy
eponymous "Lonely Polygamist" in Brady Udall's 2011 novel
- Baron GoldenBoy
Fingers, character in webcomic "Blade Under Mask"
- Golden Era ProductionsBoth
Scientology organization that produces promotional material, training films, and videos related to the works of founder L. Ron Hubbard
- Golden GrayBoy
character in Toni Morrison's "Jazz"
- Golden WhippleGirl
character in "The Ballad of Lucy Whipple" by Karen Cushman
- "The Golden GirlsGirl
" TV show
- GoldenGirl
a character in "The Silver Brumby" book series by Elyne Mitchell