Golden

47,533 people in the United States were counted with the surname Golden in the 2020 census, making it the 702nd most common in the country. That is about one person in 6,288.

By the numbers

People: 47,533
Rank: 702nd
How common: 1 in 6,288
Per 100,000: 15.9

Where the name comes from

As an English surname, from the adjective golden.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Golden described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 72.0%
Black, not Hispanic 19.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Golden

Arthur Golden (born 1956)American novelist
Jared Golden (born 1982)American politician & veteran
Annie Golden (born 1951)American actress and singer
Dolly Golden (born 1973)former French pornographic actress

People named Golden with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Golden

Also a first name

Golden has been given to 5,229 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 2023. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.