Woodie
Last seen for girls in 1954 at #5,753 · Last seen for boys in 1998 at #9,631
Given to boys 85.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,924since 1880
Woodie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | ||
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| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,686 | 13 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,114 | 15 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,997 | 17 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,658 | 24 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,759 | 21 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,724 | 21 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,634 | 24 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,317 | 34 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,396 | 30 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,408 | 29 |
| 1953 | — | #1,378 | 30 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,182 | 39 |
| 1951 | — | #1,295 | 32 | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #1,364 | 28 |
| 1949 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,194 | 36 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #1,116 | 42 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #967 | 48 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #1,018 | 41 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #1,088 | 39 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | #991 | 45 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #938 | 46 |
| 1940 | — | #952 | 45 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #1,219 | 29 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #1,337 | 25 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #1,538 | 20 |
| 1934 | — | #1,461 | 22 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #1,202 | 30 |
| 1932 | — | #1,548 | 21 | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #1,333 | 27 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | — | #1,564 | 22 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,569 | 23 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | #1,124 | 40 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #1,745 | 20 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #1,458 | 27 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #1,460 | 26 |
| 1922 | — | #1,107 | 41 | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #1,509 | 25 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #1,159 | 36 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #1,035 | 42 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | #1,152 | 34 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #1,096 | 35 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | #1,101 | 27 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | #897 | 30 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | — | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | #648 | 10 |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Woodie was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Woodie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Biggest jump: 369 spots in 1905 (#1,205 → #836)
- Biggest drop: 241 spots in 1887 (#578 → #819)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #578 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1883–1888
- Highest: 1 in 10,071 boys born in 1886 were named Woodie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 382,273 boys born in 1998 (0.00%)
- 21.2% of all boys named Woodie (408) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1906, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #578 (1886) | #734 |
| 1890s | 44 | #635 (1891) | #928 |
| 1900s | 52 | #836 (1905) | #1,042 |
| 1910s | 271 | #897 (1913) | #1,099 |
| 1920s | 283 | #1,107 (1922) | #1,426 |
| 1930s | 238 | #1,202 (1933) | #1,418 |
| 1940s | 408 | #938 (1941) | #1,067 |
| 1950s | 288 | #1,182 (1952) | #1,446 |
| 1960s | 144 | #1,658 (1960) | #2,287 |
| 1970s | 85 | #2,534 (1972) | #3,672 |
| 1980s | 34 | #4,961 (1981) | #6,227 |
| 1990s | 16 | #7,271 (1991) | #8,534 |
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.
Woodie in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 80,723 of them was named Woodie, which outranked 57.1% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,264Vinetta15
- #2,264Wladyslawa15
- #2,264Woodrow15
- #2,384Woodie14
- #2,384Aldora14
- #2,384Aleatha14
- #2,384Almeter14
- #2,515Adelyne13
- #2,515Agapita13
- #2,515Alena13
Tied with 130 names at #2,384; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 27,226 of them was named Woodie, which outranked 75.9% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,139Toshio37
- #1,139Toy37
- #1,139Vernard37
- #1,159Woodie36
- #1,159Alf36
- #1,159Andre36
- #1,159Antoine36
- #1,188Alfonzo35
- #1,188Benjamine35
- #1,188Chalmer35
Tied with 28 names at #1,159; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.