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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| 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 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 61,170 of them was named Woodie, which outranked 67.9% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,322Sylvan30
- #1,322Tillman30
- #1,322Vann30
- #1,348Woodie29
- #1,348Baron29
- #1,348Carolyn29
- #1,348Casimir29
- #1,380Alfonza28
- #1,380Alphonzo28
- #1,380Ardell28
Tied with 31 names at #1,348; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.