Goddess
Feminine · “a female deity”
Goddess is the English word used as a name, and the word itself is a late English invention — Old English had no feminine of god.
How old is the name Goddess?
Goddess first appears in US birth records in 1957 — 68 years ago. The typical Goddess is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Goddess are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Goddess most popular?
Goddess peaked in 2019, reaching #2561 nationally. Today it ranks #4546, 1,985 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Goddess
Ours, offered as ours. English got the -ess ending from French and applied it energetically for a few centuries — goddess, poetess, authoress, murderess, shepherdess — and then spent the twentieth century taking most of them back out again, because a separate word for a woman doing the same job implied it was a different job. Goddess is one of the few that survived, because the thing it names really is distinct.
Meaning
a female deity
From Old English god with the French-derived feminine suffix -esse, first recorded in the fourteenth century; the compound is English rather than inherited. Latin had dea and Greek thea as separate words.
Pronouncing Goddess
GOD-ess
Two syllables, first stressed. There is no variation in English.
Nicknames for Goddess
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1957
- Most girls named
- 201968 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2561reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- −16.7%30 in 2025, from 36
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Goddess in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Diosa in Spanish — related form
- Dea in Latin — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, North Carolina.
Goddesss among us
people named Goddess are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 53,576 born in 2025 was named Goddess
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Roslynn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Goddess's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Roslynn climbed just as high around 1957, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Roslynn's path sketches the road Goddess is walking now.
Goddess sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Goddess is headed
Goddess is easing off slowly — about 20% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Goddess beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Goddess in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A transparent English word that needs no explanation of meaning.
- Dessi is a usable affectionate short form.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- It is an ordinary English noun and will be read as a statement about her.
- Many religious communities would consider it inappropriate for a person.
- A word name of this kind invites comment throughout life.
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Frequently asked
- How many Goddesss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Goddess are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Goddess in 2025?
- Goddess ranks #4546 among US girl names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Goddess?
- About 1 in every 53,576 US girls born in 2025 was named Goddess — 30 in all.
- Will my child share the name Goddess with classmates?
- Goddess will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Goddess
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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