Gottfried

Boys' name

God + peace

Gottfried has been given to 115 babies in the U.S. since 1913. 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 1918, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Gottfried, 1938

1 in 443,000

Gottfried over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gottfried: meaning, origin, and history

God + peace

Germanic languages

What Gottfried means

Gottfried means “god + peace”, associated with Gott and Friede.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Jewish and German surname, from Gott (“god”) + Friede (“peace”).

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Origin, language, and formation

Gottfried is used in English and German. Its origins include Germanic languages.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Godfrey.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 115 boys were recorded with the name Gottfried between 1913 and 1938. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1918; its best national rank was #2,163 in 1913.

How common is Gottfried?

Gottfried had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1938, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1938: 1 in 443,000; 5 of 2,212,569 births
Among boys only: 1 in 222,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1938: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 306,728 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gottfried 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 1938 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 306,728 children born in 1938 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gottfried. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gottfrieds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gottfried was born before 1920 — so the typical Gottfried is around 105 today.

Median birth year: 1920; About 105 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 47.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 93.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 47.0% of all recorded uses (54).

Is Gottfried 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: —; 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 1918 (12)
Years since peak: 107; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,163; 1913

Gottfried around the world

Where Gottfried ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1901–1957
#1,182
in 1957
South Australia
1961–1974
#455
in 1974

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Gottfried 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: #2,163; 1913
Peak year: 1918; 12 that year
First recorded: 1913
Last recorded: 1938
All-time count: 115
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gottfried

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

Gottlieb Siegfried Goten Rashied Gotham Gotti Wilfried Saied Gottfred Manfried Gottlob Davied Winfried Shahied

Sibling names for Gottfried

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

For a sister

Winnifred Johnie Ray Lida Maybelle Floy Mathilda Verda

For a brother

Valentine Ellsworth Orval Buster Sol Omer Ferdinand Regis

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