Godfrey
Godfrey is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 566th, in 1888.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191871 births
- Best rank
- #566in 1888
- Since 1880
- 3,236people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,236 boys have been named Godfrey in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 71 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 71 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1920s alone account for 14%. It has spent 36 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Godfrey | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 84 | |
| 1890s | 79 | |
| 1900s | 85 | |
| 1910s | 395 | |
| 1920s | 468 | |
| 1930s | 299 | |
| 1940s | 369 | |
| 1950s | 373 | |
| 1960s | 269 | |
| 1970s | 209 | |
| 1980s | 196 | |
| 1990s | 166 | |
| 2000s | 86 | |
| 2010s | 107 | |
| 2020s | 51 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Godfrey was the 776th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1918 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Godfrey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Emilepeak 1922
- Richmondpeak 1921
- Thorntonpeak 1921
- Albertpeak 1921
- Barneypeak 1919
- Walterpeak 1918
- Manleypeak 1927
- Frankpeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.