Woodroe

Last seen for boys in 1959 at #3,619

Peak · boys
1918 · 72 births
Debut · boys
25 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
784
since 1912

Woodroe over time

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Rank among boys' names. Woodroe has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #761, 1918boys
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1936#1,87214
1935#2,7198
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1932#1,65119
1931#3,7635
1930#2,44411
1929#2,58910
1928#1,82218
1927#1,87118
1926#2,43612
1925#1,80619
1924#3,0239
1923#1,81619
1922#1,36729
1921#1,50925
1920#1,45726
1919#87757
1918#76172
1917#83958
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Woodroe! It came in at #892, and was given to 25 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1934, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Woodroe is popular in 1927

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #549 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,023 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Woodroe, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#549 · 1 in 7,023

Best ever in a state: #242 in Arkansas, 1916.

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See more about Woodroe
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1959
  • Biggest jump: 180 spots in 1915 (#1,073 → #893)
  • Biggest drop: 580 spots in 1920 (#877 → #1,457)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1918 at #761 (72 births)
  • Births halved by 1920, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1915–1919
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,076
  • Highest: 1 in 14,076 boys born in 1918 were named Woodroe (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 355,753 boys born in 1959 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 48.6% of all boys named Woodroe (381) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s381#761 (1918)#869
1920s185#1,367 (1922)#1,970
1930s100#1,651 (1932)#2,382
1940s93#1,683 (1944)#2,467
1950s25#2,743 (1954)#3,444

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.

Woodroe in 1927

boys
#1,871
18 births · 1 in 62,606 boys

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #1,871Woodroe18
More about 1927

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 62,606 of them was named Woodroe, which outranked 61.0% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Woodroe
  1. #1,796Umberto19
  2. #1,796Vinton19
  3. #1,796Wanda19
  4. #1,871Woodroe18
  5. #1,871Arsenio18
  6. #1,871Beecher18
  7. #1,871Bernardino18
  8. #1,959Adalberto17
  9. #1,959Alpheus17
  10. #1,959Antony17

Tied with 87 names at #1,871; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,863Lindbergh#2,436 → #573
  2. ↑ 966Lindy#1,353 → #387
  3. ↑ 601Sonny#1,565 → #964
  4. ↑ 467Akira#1,404 → #937
  5. ↑ 442Maria#1,432 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 684Minoru#963 → #1,647
  2. ↓ 611Reno#825 → #1,436
  3. ↓ 406Hurley#916 → #1,322
  4. ↓ 356Adelbert#842 → #1,198
  5. ↓ 330Gardner#963 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1927 →