Goldie
Goldie was the 621st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 469 babies. Its best year was 1904, when it ranked 114th; the most babies were born in 1915 (1,051). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,724 places. More babies were named Goldie in the 1910s than in any other decade.
Meaning golden (English pet name) · English
Say it GOHL-dee /ˈɡoʊldi/
- Rank in 2025
- #621 girls, up 404 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 469girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19151,051 babies
- Total since 1880
- 38,996babies recorded
What does the name Goldie mean?
Goldie is formed from gold plus -ie, according to Wiktionary, and was a name for a girl with golden hair, mostly American around 1900. Gold itself is an old Germanic word, from Old English gold. The actress Goldie Hawn helped keep it in use, as Wiktionary notes. Wiktionary also records Goldie as a pet name for golden-colored dogs and birds. Goldie has been used in the US since 1880.
gold (Old English, “gold”)-ie (English, “pet-name suffix”)
How sure is this? Well established.
See also: English names, names that mean a color.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Goldie' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th ed., entry 'gold' (etymology), HarperCollins / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Goldie popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 443 since 1891.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #621 | 469 |
| 2020 | #1,025 | 245 |
| 2010 | #4,138 | 36 |
| 2000 | #5,047 | 23 |
| 1990 | #3,554 | 30 |
| 1980 | #1,576 | 74 |
| 1970 | #1,441 | 72 |
| 1960 | #1,174 | 86 |
| 1950 | #713 | 145 |
| 1940 | #422 | 266 |
| 1930 | #285 | 528 |
| 1920 | #198 | 996 |
| 1910 | #139 | 592 |
| 1900 | #127 | 502 |
| 1890 | #139 | 254 |
| 1880 | #330 | 24 |
How popular is Goldie, counting every spelling?
Goldie is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #534 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #621 for Goldie on its own. Together these spellings went to 569 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldie | 469 | #621 | 2,001 |
| Goldy | 94 | #2,026 | 415 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Goldie?
469 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Goldie (0.13 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Goldie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 18 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Goldie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Goldie?
About 8,100 people born in the US named Goldie are alive today, with a median age of 44; half are between 6 and 75. That makes Goldie mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Goldie by state
How common Goldie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (5.3×), Idaho (3.3×), Missouri (2.1×), Kansas (2.1×), Colorado (1.8×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Goldie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Goldie, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Goldie · Sibling names for Goldie
Goldie is also a nickname for Marigold.
Questions about the name Goldie
What does Goldie mean?
Goldie means “golden (English pet name)” (English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Goldie?
Goldie was the 621st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 469 babies. Its best year was 1904, when it ranked 114th; the most babies were born in 1915 (1,051). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,724 places. More babies were named Goldie in the 1910s than in any other decade.
Is Goldie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Goldie in the US.
Where is Goldie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Goldie was most common in Utah (1.30 per 1,000 girls), followed by Idaho and Missouri.