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Woodrow: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 102 in 2025. Its best rank was #44 in 1913.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #44 in 1913; #1,653 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Woodrow in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,653 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1913, at #44.
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Woodrow: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 102 boys in 2025. Peak: #44 in 1913 · most boys in one year: 3,358 (1918).
In 2025, 102 US boys were named Woodrow, making it the 1,653rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 47 places from #1,700 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 99 boys named Woodrow in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #44, reached in 1913. The most boys given the name in a single year was 3,358, in 1918. For comparison, it was #2,273 in 2015 and #371 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Woodrow in 122 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1900 with 8 babies. In all, 39,246 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 18,441 babies named Woodrow.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 865 US boys were named Woodrow; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 102. In 2025 that was about 1 in 16,746 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Woodrow ranked highest in Washington in 2025, at #1,153 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Woody (4,246 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Drew, Wood and Woody.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 5 | #1,153 | — |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,184 | — |
| California | 11 | #1,577 | — |
| Florida | 6 | #1,816 | — |
| Texas | 6 | #2,552 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 102 | #1,653 |
| 2024 | — | — | 99 | #1,700 |
| 2023 | — | — | 84 | #1,894 |
| 2022 | — | — | 88 | #1,837 |
| 2021 | — | — | 92 | #1,762 |
| 2020 | — | — | 91 | #1,715 |
| 2019 | — | — | 78 | #1,915 |
| 2018 | — | — | 81 | #1,870 |
| 2017 | — | — | 73 | #1,975 |
| 2016 | — | — | 77 | #1,919 |
| 2015 | — | — | 59 | #2,273 |
| 2014 | — | — | 57 | #2,315 |
| 2013 | — | — | 33 | #3,335 |
| 2012 | — | — | 35 | #3,227 |
| 2011 | — | — | 39 | #2,998 |
| 2010 | — | — | 44 | #2,785 |
| 2009 | — | — | 29 | #3,718 |
| 2008 | — | — | 33 | #3,416 |
| 2007 | — | — | 27 | #3,888 |
| 2006 | — | — | 19 | #4,854 |
| 2005 | — | — | 32 | #3,239 |
| 2004 | — | — | 29 | #3,367 |
| 2003 | — | — | 36 | #2,777 |
| 2002 | — | — | 32 | #2,940 |
| 2001 | — | — | 24 | #3,614 |
| 2000 | — | — | 23 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | — | — | 39 | #2,343 |
| 1998 | — | — | 40 | #2,272 |
| 1997 | — | — | 64 | #1,598 |
| 1996 | — | — | 54 | #1,738 |
| 1995 | — | — | 39 | #2,138 |
| 1994 | — | — | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1993 | — | — | 62 | #1,511 |
| 1992 | — | — | 71 | #1,350 |
| 1991 | — | — | 70 | #1,358 |
| 1990 | — | — | 68 | #1,360 |
| 1989 | — | — | 73 | #1,280 |
| 1988 | — | — | 64 | #1,295 |
| 1987 | — | — | 50 | #1,466 |
| 1986 | — | — | 77 | #1,066 |
| 1985 | — | — | 64 | #1,180 |
| 1984 | — | — | 62 | #1,164 |
| 1983 | — | — | 86 | #955 |
| 1982 | — | — | 88 | #964 |
| 1981 | — | — | 84 | #994 |
| 1980 | — | — | 94 | #923 |
| 1979 | — | — | 97 | #888 |
| 1978 | — | — | 94 | #890 |
| 1977 | — | — | 109 | #818 |
| 1976 | — | — | 105 | #819 |
| 1975 | — | — | 100 | #836 |
| 1974 | — | — | 97 | #819 |
| 1973 | — | — | 120 | #734 |
| 1972 | — | — | 136 | #687 |
| 1971 | — | — | 144 | #691 |
| 1970 | — | — | 147 | #684 |
| 1969 | — | — | 156 | #636 |
| 1968 | — | — | 148 | #621 |
| 1967 | — | — | 154 | #604 |
| 1966 | — | — | 148 | #613 |
| 1965 | — | — | 168 | #588 |
| 1964 | — | — | 196 | #567 |
| 1963 | — | — | 191 | #571 |
| 1962 | — | — | 200 | #560 |
| 1961 | — | — | 216 | #541 |
| 1960 | — | — | 208 | #546 |
| 1959 | — | — | 180 | #585 |
| 1958 | 6 | #6,091 | 215 | #526 |
| 1957 | — | — | 239 | #501 |
| 1956 | — | — | 233 | #498 |
| 1955 | — | — | 283 | #439 |
| 1954 | — | — | 305 | #414 |
| 1953 | — | — | 304 | #401 |
| 1952 | — | — | 353 | #361 |
| 1951 | — | — | 362 | #362 |
| 1950 | — | — | 334 | #371 |
| 1949 | — | — | 388 | #343 |
| 1948 | — | — | 428 | #324 |
| 1947 | — | — | 485 | #316 |
| 1946 | — | — | 470 | #299 |
| 1945 | — | — | 503 | #261 |
| 1944 | — | — | 524 | #255 |
| 1943 | — | — | 559 | #251 |
| 1942 | — | — | 480 | #275 |
| 1941 | — | — | 481 | #255 |
| 1940 | 5 | #5,014 | 443 | #268 |
| 1939 | — | — | 424 | #264 |
| 1938 | — | — | 405 | #275 |
| 1937 | — | — | 357 | #286 |
| 1936 | — | — | 282 | #322 |
| 1935 | — | — | 272 | #330 |
| 1934 | — | — | 217 | #369 |
| 1933 | — | — | 222 | #364 |
| 1932 | 5 | #5,087 | 293 | #323 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,843 | 236 | #367 |
| 1930 | — | — | 212 | #397 |
| 1929 | — | — | 213 | #398 |
| 1928 | — | — | 230 | #391 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,593 | 338 | #312 |
| 1926 | — | — | 306 | #330 |
| 1925 | — | — | 375 | #296 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,883 | 516 | #254 |
| 1923 | — | — | 484 | #253 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,652 | 622 | #211 |
| 1921 | 6 | #5,093 | 684 | #201 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,751 | 774 | #183 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,383 | 1,808 | #91 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,515 | 3,358 | #58 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,873 | 2,428 | #73 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,828 | 2,668 | #64 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,427 | 1,966 | #83 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,604 | 1,785 | #71 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,159 | 2,333 | #44 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,839 | 1,843 | #46 |
| 1911 | — | — | 121 | #234 |
| 1910 | — | — | 45 | #395 |
| 1909 | — | — | 24 | #544 |
| 1908 | — | — | 17 | #656 |
| 1907 | — | — | 11 | #863 |
| 1906 | — | — | 7 | #1,110 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,316 |
| 1900 | — | — | 8 | #1,046 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).