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Goliath

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Hebrew origin

Goliath has been given to 49 babies in the U.S. since 2015. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2019, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Goliath, 2024

1 in 557,000

Goliath over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Goliath: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Hebrew origin

Hebrew

What Goliath means

Goliath is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Goliath is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Goliath is pronounced /ɡəˈlaɪəθ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 49 boys were recorded with the name Goliath between 2015 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2019; its best national rank was #8,420 in 2019.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Goliath?

Goliath had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 557,000
6 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 287,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
386,177 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Goliath sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 386,177 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Goliath. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Goliaths were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Goliath was born before 2019 — so the typical Goliath is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
51.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
49
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 51.0% of all recorded uses (25).

Is Goliath rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2019 (9)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#8,420
2019

Goliath by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,420
2019
Peak year
2019
9 that year
First recorded
2015
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
49
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Goliath

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Goliath

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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