Woodson
#2,421 for boys in 2025, 56 births
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,359since 1880
Woodson over time
Rank among boys' names. Woodson has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,421 | 56 |
| 2024 | #2,715 | 48 |
| 2023 | #3,416 | 34 |
| 2022 | #3,278 | 36 |
| 2021 | #4,118 | 25 |
| 2020 | #3,734 | 28 |
| 2019 | #4,230 | 24 |
| 2018 | #3,793 | 28 |
| 2017 | #3,678 | 29 |
| 2016 | #4,327 | 23 |
| 2015 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1947 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #1,872 | 14 |
| 1935 | #1,708 | 17 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,675 | 22 |
| 1923 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,373 | 27 |
| 1917 | #1,264 | 29 |
| 1916 | #1,206 | 30 |
| 1915 | #1,265 | 27 |
| 1914 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #647 | 9 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #701 | 8 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Woodson was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Woodson is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#293 · 1 in 2,464
Best ever in a state: #293 in Kentucky, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #293 | 8 | 1 in 2,464 |
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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 Woodson
- 294 spots since 2024 (#2,715 → #2,421)
- 1,313 spots since 2020 (#3,734 → #2,421)
- 2,637 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #2,421)
- Biggest drop: 267 spots in 1905 (#966 → #1,233)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #647 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1893–1894
- Highest: 1 in 12,309 boys born in 1886 were named Woodson (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 30,501 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.7% of all boys named Woodson (227) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #647 (1886) | #743 |
| 1890s | 21 | #768 (1893) | #850 |
| 1900s | 25 | #966 (1904) | #1,129 |
| 1910s | 187 | #1,205 (1913) | #1,422 |
| 1920s | 170 | #1,592 (1920) | #1,984 |
| 1930s | 120 | #1,707 (1933) | #2,221 |
| 1940s | 137 | #1,559 (1948) | #2,072 |
| 1950s | 94 | #1,939 (1952) | #2,842 |
| 1960s | 57 | #2,784 (1966) | #3,377 |
| 1970s | 12 | #4,505 (1973) | #4,782 |
| 1980s | 30 | #3,966 (1982) | #5,173 |
| 1990s | 12 | #6,519 (1991) | #7,694 |
| 2000s | 55 | #7,643 (2002) | #9,518 |
| 2010s | 182 | #3,678 (2017) | #5,803 |
| 2020s | 227 | #2,421 (2025) | #3,280 |
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.
Woodson in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 29,669 of them was named Woodson, which outranked 73.4% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,176Vinton31
- #1,176Willam31
- #1,176Willian31
- #1,206Woodson30
- #1,206Agustin30
- #1,206Alice30
- #1,206Alpha30
- #1,240Adolfo29
- #1,240Alger29
- #1,240Amon29
Tied with 33 names at #1,206; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.