NameTides

Goodness

Goodness peaked in the US in 2018 at #11,427, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Goodness as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
Goodness as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020
Goodness as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesIreland
2024—#3,696 (6)—
2022#13,592 (6)#4,646 (4)—
2020#13,453 (6)——
2019#15,539 (5)#5,591 (3)—
2018#11,427 (8)——
2017#15,902 (5)#5,765 (3)—
2015—#5,730 (3)—
2014#16,513 (5)——
2013#16,547 (5)——
2012#16,869 (5)——
2009—#5,556 (3)—
2007—#5,201 (3)—
2004——#677 (3)

Goodness as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Goodness as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.0118801900192019401960198020002020
Goodness as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.011880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2024#12,349 (5)—
2022#10,863 (6)—
2018#12,156 (5)—
2012—#4,805 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #11,427.
  • First recorded in the US in 2012.