Woodford

#8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births

Peak · boys
1916 · 28 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
578
since 1911

Woodford over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Woodford has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #1,265, 1916boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#8,9108
2024
2023#12,2395
2022#9,8237
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1969#4,4045
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1964#4,0395
1963#4,0485
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1958#2,64210
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1955#3,5056
1954#3,1767
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1952#2,6809
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1950#3,6815
1949#2,8028
1948#2,7888
1947#2,49810
1946#2,27111
1945#2,3939
1944#2,19511
1943#2,18212
1942#1,94614
1941#2,6568
1940#2,4789
1939#3,1136
1938#3,5345
1937#3,5185
1936#2,8547
1935#2,7198
1934#2,9737
1933#2,21411
1932#2,8498
1931#3,7635
1930#1,69319
1929#2,19913
1928#1,82218
1927#2,70310
1926#2,07415
1925#2,01216
1924#2,82210
1923#2,02016
1922#1,88318
1921#1,54924
1920#1,69421
1919#1,48124
1918#1,37327
1917#1,69319
1916#1,26528
1915#1,55320
1914#1,49217
1913#1,44114
1912#1,61910
1911#1,7405
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five boys were named Woodford! It came in at #1,740, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1950–1951, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Woodford
Momentum · boys
Brand new
    Rise & fade · boys
    5 yrs to peak
    • Debuted 1911
    • Peaked 1916 at #1,265 (28 births)
    • Births halved by 1924, 8 yrs later
    Top of the charts · boys
    Never in the top 1,000
    • Top 10: never
    • Top 100: never
    • Top 1,000: never
    Share of babies · boys
    1 in 31,789
    • Highest: 1 in 31,789 boys born in 1916 were named Woodford (0.00%)
    • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
    Era · boys
    The 1910s
    • 28.4% of all boys named Woodford (164) were born in this decade
    Show by decade
    DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
    1910s164#1,265 (1916)#1,517
    1920s161#1,549 (1921)#2,078
    1930s81#1,693 (1930)#2,923
    1940s100#1,946 (1942)#2,421
    1950s37#2,642 (1958)#3,137
    1960s15#4,039 (1964)#4,164
    1970s0
    1980s0
    1990s0
    2000s0
    2010s0
    2020s20#8,910 (2025)#10,324

    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.

    Woodford in 1911

    boys
    #1,740
    5 births · 1 in 45,194 boys

    Top boys' names in 1911

    1. #1John13,446
    2. #2William10,593
    3. #3James9,952
    4. #4George6,586
    5. #5Robert6,526
    6. #6Joseph6,488
    7. #7Charles5,725
    8. #8Frank4,314
    9. #9Edward4,164
    10. #10Thomas3,292
    11. #1,740Woodford5
    More about 1911

    boys

    225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 45,194 of them was named Woodford, which outranked 13.0% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

    Ranked beside Woodford
    1. #1,537Wladyslaw6
    2. #1,537Ygnacio6
    3. #1,537Zollie6
    4. #1,740Woodford5
    5. #1,740Achille5
    6. #1,740Aden5
    7. #1,740Adolphe5

    Tied with 259 names at #1,740; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

    Biggest movers since 1910
    Risers
    1. 900Vincenzo#1,589#689
    2. 900Wyman#1,589#689
    3. 882Rodger#1,589#707
    4. 796Cedric#1,589#793
    5. 796Hughie#1,589#793
    Fallers
    1. 881Bertha#859#1,740
    2. 881Arlo#859#1,740
    3. 831Shelton#556#1,387
    4. 812Guss#928#1,740
    5. 812Halley#928#1,740

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

    See the top 100 for 1911