Woodson

Where Woodson comes from

Woodson hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1867
    Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby born
    American politician
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1886
    Peak, #647
    9 babies named Woodson — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby · American politician, 1867–1955

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.