Woodrow
Last seen for girls in 1958 at #5,408 · #1,644 for boys in 2025, 102 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 2,333 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 39,107since 1900
Woodrow over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,644 | 102 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,685 | 99 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,875 | 84 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,826 | 88 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,750 | 92 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,707 | 91 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,899 | 78 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,856 | 81 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,958 | 73 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,903 | 77 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,253 | 59 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,299 | 57 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,265 | 33 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,179 | 35 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,950 | 39 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,730 | 44 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,639 | 29 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,344 | 33 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,793 | 27 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,172 | 32 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,285 | 29 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,729 | 36 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,882 | 32 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,512 | 24 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,536 | 23 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,300 | 39 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,235 | 40 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,580 | 64 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,725 | 54 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,102 | 39 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,753 | 50 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,493 | 62 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,340 | 71 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,352 | 70 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,353 | 68 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,268 | 73 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,286 | 64 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,439 | 50 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,058 | 77 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,170 | 64 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,154 | 62 | |
| 1983 | — | #949 | 86 | |
| 1982 | — | #957 | 88 | |
| 1981 | — | #986 | 84 | |
| 1980 | — | #920 | 94 | |
| 1979 | — | #887 | 97 | |
| 1978 | — | #886 | 94 | |
| 1977 | — | #816 | 109 | |
| 1976 | — | #815 | 105 | |
| 1975 | — | #831 | 100 | |
| 1974 | — | #818 | 97 | |
| 1973 | — | #732 | 120 | |
| 1972 | — | #686 | 136 | |
| 1971 | — | #690 | 144 | |
| 1970 | — | #678 | 147 | |
| 1969 | — | #633 | 156 | |
| 1968 | — | #620 | 148 | |
| 1967 | — | #601 | 154 | |
| 1966 | — | #610 | 148 | |
| 1965 | — | #587 | 168 | |
| 1964 | — | #564 | 196 | |
| 1963 | — | #569 | 191 | |
| 1962 | — | #557 | 200 | |
| 1961 | — | #541 | 216 | |
| 1960 | — | #545 | 208 | |
| 1959 | — | #584 | 180 | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #525 | 215 |
| 1957 | — | #501 | 239 | |
| 1956 | — | #497 | 233 | |
| 1955 | — | #437 | 283 | |
| 1954 | — | #414 | 305 | |
| 1953 | — | #401 | 304 | |
| 1952 | — | #361 | 353 | |
| 1951 | — | #362 | 362 | |
| 1950 | — | #370 | 334 | |
| 1949 | — | #342 | 388 | |
| 1948 | — | #323 | 428 | |
| 1947 | — | #316 | 485 | |
| 1946 | — | #299 | 470 | |
| 1945 | — | #261 | 503 | |
| 1944 | — | #255 | 524 | |
| 1943 | — | #251 | 559 | |
| 1942 | — | #273 | 480 | |
| 1941 | — | #255 | 481 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #266 | 443 |
| 1939 | — | #264 | 424 | |
| 1938 | — | #275 | 405 | |
| 1937 | — | #286 | 357 | |
| 1936 | — | #320 | 282 | |
| 1935 | — | #330 | 272 | |
| 1934 | — | #369 | 217 | |
| 1933 | — | #363 | 222 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #323 | 293 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #367 | 236 |
| 1930 | — | #395 | 212 | |
| 1929 | — | #397 | 213 | |
| 1928 | — | #390 | 230 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #312 | 338 |
| 1926 | — | #328 | 306 | |
| 1925 | — | #295 | 375 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #254 | 516 |
| 1923 | — | #253 | 484 | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #211 | 622 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #201 | 684 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #183 | 774 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #91 | 1,808 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | #58 | 3,358 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #73 | 2,428 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #64 | 2,668 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #83 | 1,966 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #71 | 1,785 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | #44 | 2,333 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #46 | 1,843 |
| 1911 | — | #232 | 121 | |
| 1910 | — | #391 | 45 | |
| 1909 | — | #530 | 24 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Woodrow! It came in at #968, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1905, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Woodrow
- 41 spots since 2024 (#1,685 → #1,644)
- 63 spots since 2020 (#1,707 → #1,644)
- 609 spots since 2015 (#2,253 → #1,644)
- Biggest jump: 189 spots in 1907 (#1,004 → #815)
- Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1984 (#949 → #1,154)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1913 at #44 (2,333 births)
- Births halved by 1920, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1912–1919
- Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1907–1983
- Highest: 1 in 220 boys born in 1913 were named Woodrow (0.46%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,746 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 46.9% of all boys named Woodrow (18,355) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 72 | #530 (1909) | #848 |
| 1910s | 18,355 | #44 (1913) | #115 |
| 1920s | 4,542 | #183 (1920) | #282 |
| 1930s | 2,920 | #264 (1939) | #329 |
| 1940s | 4,761 | #251 (1943) | #284 |
| 1950s | 2,808 | #361 (1952) | #445 |
| 1960s | 1,785 | #541 (1961) | #583 |
| 1970s | 1,149 | #678 (1970) | #784 |
| 1980s | 742 | #920 (1980) | #1,119 |
| 1990s | 557 | #1,340 (1992) | #1,723 |
| 2000s | 284 | #2,729 (2003) | #3,457 |
| 2010s | 576 | #1,856 (2018) | #2,429 |
| 2020s | 556 | #1,644 (2025) | #1,748 |
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.
Woodrow in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 205,510 of them was named Woodrow, which outranked 24.0% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,023Zerline7
- #4,023Zoa7
- #4,023Zuma7
- #4,464Woodrow6
- #4,464Abelina6
- #4,464Adamae6
- #4,464Addell6
- #5,099Abbey5
- #5,099Adalee5
- #5,099Adam5
Tied with 634 names at #4,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 1,610 of them was named Woodrow, which outranked 96.0% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.