Goldy
Goldy was the 2026th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 94 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2007th with 98 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,336 places. More babies were named Goldy in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Goldie) golden (English pet name) · English
- Rank in 2025
- #2,026 girls, up 613 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 94girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202398 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,666babies recorded
What does the name Goldy mean?
Goldy is a spelling of Goldie, pronounced the same way, so it shares Goldie's meaning and origin.
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)
Goldy popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,026 | 94 |
| 2020 | #2,639 | 64 |
| 2010 | #3,706 | 42 |
| 2000 | #4,223 | 29 |
| 1990 | #6,597 | 13 |
| 1980 | #9,483 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | #6,702 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #4,611 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Goldy, counting every spelling?
Goldy is a spelling of Goldie, a name family that ranked #534 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,026 for Goldy 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 Goldy?
94 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Goldy (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Goldy 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 89 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Goldy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Goldy?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Goldy are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 5 and 23. That makes Goldy mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Goldy by state
How common Goldy was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (17.4×). In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Goldy: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Goldy, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Goldy
What does Goldy mean?
Goldy is a spelling of Goldie, which means “golden (English pet name)” (English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Goldy?
Goldy was the 2026th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 94 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2007th with 98 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,336 places. More babies were named Goldy in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Goldy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Goldy in the US.
Where is Goldy most popular?
In 2021–2025, Goldy was most common in New York (0.89 per 1,000 girls).