Woodrow
Last seen for girls in 1958 at #5,408 · #1,644 for boys in 2025, 102 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 2,333 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 39,107since 1900
Woodrow over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,644 | 102 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,685 | 99 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,875 | 84 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,826 | 88 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,750 | 92 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,707 | 91 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,899 | 78 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,856 | 81 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,958 | 73 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,903 | 77 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,253 | 59 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,299 | 57 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,265 | 33 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,179 | 35 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,950 | 39 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,730 | 44 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,639 | 29 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,344 | 33 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,793 | 27 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,172 | 32 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,285 | 29 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,729 | 36 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,882 | 32 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,512 | 24 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,536 | 23 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,300 | 39 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,235 | 40 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,580 | 64 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,725 | 54 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,102 | 39 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,753 | 50 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,493 | 62 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,340 | 71 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,352 | 70 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,353 | 68 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,268 | 73 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,286 | 64 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,439 | 50 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,058 | 77 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,170 | 64 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,154 | 62 | |
| 1983 | — | #949 | 86 | |
| 1982 | — | #957 | 88 | |
| 1981 | — | #986 | 84 | |
| 1980 | — | #920 | 94 | |
| 1979 | — | #887 | 97 | |
| 1978 | — | #886 | 94 | |
| 1977 | — | #816 | 109 | |
| 1976 | — | #815 | 105 | |
| 1975 | — | #831 | 100 | |
| 1974 | — | #818 | 97 | |
| 1973 | — | #732 | 120 | |
| 1972 | — | #686 | 136 | |
| 1971 | — | #690 | 144 | |
| 1970 | — | #678 | 147 | |
| 1969 | — | #633 | 156 | |
| 1968 | — | #620 | 148 | |
| 1967 | — | #601 | 154 | |
| 1966 | — | #610 | 148 | |
| 1965 | — | #587 | 168 | |
| 1964 | — | #564 | 196 | |
| 1963 | — | #569 | 191 | |
| 1962 | — | #557 | 200 | |
| 1961 | — | #541 | 216 | |
| 1960 | — | #545 | 208 | |
| 1959 | — | #584 | 180 | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #525 | 215 |
| 1957 | — | #501 | 239 | |
| 1956 | — | #497 | 233 | |
| 1955 | — | #437 | 283 | |
| 1954 | — | #414 | 305 | |
| 1953 | — | #401 | 304 | |
| 1952 | — | #361 | 353 | |
| 1951 | — | #362 | 362 | |
| 1950 | — | #370 | 334 | |
| 1949 | — | #342 | 388 | |
| 1948 | — | #323 | 428 | |
| 1947 | — | #316 | 485 | |
| 1946 | — | #299 | 470 | |
| 1945 | — | #261 | 503 | |
| 1944 | — | #255 | 524 | |
| 1943 | — | #251 | 559 | |
| 1942 | — | #273 | 480 | |
| 1941 | — | #255 | 481 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #266 | 443 |
| 1939 | — | #264 | 424 | |
| 1938 | — | #275 | 405 | |
| 1937 | — | #286 | 357 | |
| 1936 | — | #320 | 282 | |
| 1935 | — | #330 | 272 | |
| 1934 | — | #369 | 217 | |
| 1933 | — | #363 | 222 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #323 | 293 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #367 | 236 |
| 1930 | — | #395 | 212 | |
| 1929 | — | #397 | 213 | |
| 1928 | — | #390 | 230 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #312 | 338 |
| 1926 | — | #328 | 306 | |
| 1925 | — | #295 | 375 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #254 | 516 |
| 1923 | — | #253 | 484 | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #211 | 622 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #201 | 684 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #183 | 774 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #91 | 1,808 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | #58 | 3,358 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #73 | 2,428 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #64 | 2,668 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #83 | 1,966 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #71 | 1,785 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | #44 | 2,333 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #46 | 1,843 |
| 1911 | — | #232 | 121 | |
| 1910 | — | #391 | 45 | |
| 1909 | — | #530 | 24 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
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| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Woodrow! It came in at #968, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1905, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Woodrow is popular in 1958
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#221 · 1 in 1,527
- West Virginia#239 · 1 in 2,389
- Maryland#293 · 1 in 4,015
- Georgia#305 · 1 in 2,850
- Florida#312 · 1 in 3,041
Best ever in a state: #10 in West Virginia, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #221 | 19 | 1 in 1,527 |
| West Virginia | #239 | 9 | 1 in 2,389 |
| Maryland | #293 | 8 | 1 in 4,015 |
| Georgia | #305 | 17 | 1 in 2,850 |
| Florida | #312 | 17 | 1 in 3,041 |
| Virginia | #359 | 10 | 1 in 4,348 |
| Alabama | #363 | 9 | 1 in 4,249 |
| North Carolina | #366 | 12 | 1 in 4,373 |
| Louisiana | #378 | 12 | 1 in 3,559 |
| Kentucky | #406 | 5 | 1 in 7,182 |
| Tennessee | #419 | 6 | 1 in 6,691 |
| Missouri | #426 | 6 | 1 in 8,100 |
| Ohio | #468 | 10 | 1 in 11,443 |
| Michigan | #480 | 8 | 1 in 12,345 |
| Pennsylvania | #481 | 9 | 1 in 13,696 |
| Illinois | #507 | 11 | 1 in 10,359 |
| New York | #643 | 10 | 1 in 18,082 |
| Texas | #844 | 7 | 1 in 17,515 |
| California | #882 | 6 | 1 in 29,119 |
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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 Woodrow
- 41 spots since 2024 (#1,685 → #1,644)
- 63 spots since 2020 (#1,707 → #1,644)
- 609 spots since 2015 (#2,253 → #1,644)
- Biggest jump: 189 spots in 1907 (#1,004 → #815)
- Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1984 (#949 → #1,154)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1913 at #44 (2,333 births)
- Births halved by 1920, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1912–1919
- Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1907–1983
- Highest: 1 in 220 boys born in 1913 were named Woodrow (0.46%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,746 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 46.9% of all boys named Woodrow (18,355) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 72 | #530 (1909) | #848 |
| 1910s | 18,355 | #44 (1913) | #115 |
| 1920s | 4,542 | #183 (1920) | #282 |
| 1930s | 2,920 | #264 (1939) | #329 |
| 1940s | 4,761 | #251 (1943) | #284 |
| 1950s | 2,808 | #361 (1952) | #445 |
| 1960s | 1,785 | #541 (1961) | #583 |
| 1970s | 1,149 | #678 (1970) | #784 |
| 1980s | 742 | #920 (1980) | #1,119 |
| 1990s | 557 | #1,340 (1992) | #1,723 |
| 2000s | 284 | #2,729 (2003) | #3,457 |
| 2010s | 576 | #1,856 (2018) | #2,429 |
| 2020s | 556 | #1,644 (2025) | #1,748 |
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.
Woodrow in 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
Top boys' names in 1958
More about 1958
girls
2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 335,270 of them was named Woodrow, which outranked 23.1% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,890Zell7
- #4,890Zenia7
- #4,890Zettie7
- #5,408Woodrow6
- #5,408Adah6
- #5,408Adriann6
- #5,408Alayna6
- #6,103Abigale5
- #6,103Adalia5
- #6,103Adaline5
Tied with 694 names at #5,408; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 9,872 of them was named Woodrow, which outranked 88.3% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).