Wofford
Last seen for boys in 1945 at #3,338
- Peak · boys
- 1922 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 92since 1914
Wofford over time
Rank among boys' names. Wofford has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
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| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
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| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
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| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
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| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
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| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
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| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #3,741 | 6 |
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| 1922 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
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| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
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| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Wofford! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Wofford is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#386 · 1 in 4,180
Best ever in a state: #357 in South Carolina, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #386 | 5 | 1 in 4,180 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Wofford
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1945
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1922 at #2,801 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1923, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 108,815 boys born in 1922 were named Wofford (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 269,171 boys born in 1945 (0.00%)
- 44.6% of all boys named Wofford (41) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 24 | #3,264 (1914) | #3,501 |
| 1920s | 41 | #2,801 (1922) | #3,519 |
| 1930s | 17 | #3,175 (1937) | #3,397 |
| 1940s | 10 | #3,338 (1945) | #3,438 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Wofford in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
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1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 108,815 of them was named Wofford, which outranked 43.6% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,630Zachary11
- #2,630Zebedee11
- #2,630Zeke11
- #2,801Wofford10
- #2,801Alanson10
- #2,801Alcee10
- #2,801Aldine10
- #3,014Abelino9
- #3,014Acel9
- #3,014Adin9
Tied with 212 names at #2,801; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.