Goda

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Goda: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Goda: Recorded since 2003, it reached #363 in 2011, and it stood at #5,687 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#363highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2007	#2410
2008	#2721
2009	#1365
2010	#1072
2011	#1489
2012	#1428
2013	#1360
2014	#2203
2015	#1649
2016	#1525
2017	#2090
2018	#2187
2019	#1940
2020	#2843
2021	#2499
2022	#3148
2023	#5687

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 18 of the 21 years from 2003 to 2023.

In 2018: #629 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2187 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2003–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #4373 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2011–2016
Highest recorded position: #363 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2011 (recorded 2011–2016).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #5687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Goda appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 18 years beginning in 2003, and has registered 256 births with the name.

Goda across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Goda's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4373 (2003)	#1072 (2010)	#5687 (2023)	18 of 21	256 (2003–2023)	31 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#635 (2006)	#371 (2012)	#629 (2018)	12 of 13	82 (2006–2018)	13 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#363 (2011)	#363 (2011)	#440 (2016)	4 of 6	14 (2011–2016)	4 (2011)

Goda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Goda in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	41	4 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	187	10 of 10	19
2020s	28	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Goda appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2003 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #363 in Northern Ireland in 2011.

Goda's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1525	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1360	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1428	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1072	31	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1365	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#540	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#371	13	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#437	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2003 and 2023, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #363, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 8 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Godfrey · #229, 14y
Godwin · #409, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Anna-May · #363, 17y
Brianne · #363, 24y
Elija · #363, 17y
Evanna · #364, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Elija · #363, 17y
Jersey · #363, 24y
Aiyla · #364, 19y
Andreea · #362, 24y

Goda was ranked #363 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Goda and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Goda without appearing here.

Goda moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2721 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1072 and #4688.
Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4373 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2721 and #5545.
Helene Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4373 and #2191 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2410 and #5201.
Jeanette Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4373 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2410 and #5201.

Moved ahead of Goda

Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2927.
Tove Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2927.
Freddie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2499 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #4056.

Moved the opposite way to Goda

Carol Compare
Between 2003 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Goda went from #4373 to #2499 while Carol went from #1722 to #3519.
Kerry Compare
Between 2003 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Goda went from #4373 to #2499 while Kerry went from #415 to #4634.
Pauline Compare
Between 2003 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Goda went from #4373 to #2499 while Pauline went from #1269 to #4634.
Tyler Compare
Between 2003 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Goda went from #4373 to #2499 while Tyler went from #289 to #5581.

Moved the same way as Goda

Evan Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Goda went from #2410 to #5687 and Evan from #3218 to #4709.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2003 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #363 in Northern Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Goda

Goda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Goda across 3 official records

Goda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Goda at a glance

Goda across 3 official records

Goda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Goda appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Goda

Goda and the names beside it

Goda moved ahead of

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