Goff

Boy · recorded 1888–1920

  • 1920last recorded
  • 1888best year

Most popular in 1888.

Last recorded in 1920. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1888

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 2 recorded years as a table
Goff, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188841
19206

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Goff isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1920
6
Rank in 1920
#3,815
How rare
1 in 177,392 boys
Since 1888
11

Goff was last recorded in 1920. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1888, at 41 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Goff doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.