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Woodson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 56 in 2025. Its best rank was #693 in 1886.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #693 in 1886; #2,450 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Woodson in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,450 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1886, at #693.
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Woodson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 56 boys in 2025. Peak: #693 in 1886 · most boys in one year: 56 (2025).
In 2025, 56 US boys were named Woodson, making it the 2,450th most common boys’ name of the year, up 296 places from #2,746 in 2024. That is 8 more than the 48 boys named Woodson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #693, reached in 1886. The most boys given the name in a single year was 56, in 2025. For comparison, it was #5,280 in 2015 and #3,323 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Woodson in 101 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 8 babies. In all, 1,359 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 227 babies named Woodson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 331 US boys were named Woodson; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 56. In 2025 that was about 1 in 30,501 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Woodson ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #2,927 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 50 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5 | #2,927 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 56 | #2,450 |
| 2024 | — | — | 48 | #2,746 |
| 2023 | — | — | 34 | #3,468 |
| 2022 | — | — | 36 | #3,334 |
| 2021 | — | — | 25 | #4,236 |
| 2020 | — | — | 28 | #3,807 |
| 2019 | — | — | 24 | #4,326 |
| 2018 | — | — | 28 | #3,884 |
| 2017 | — | — | 29 | #3,769 |
| 2016 | — | — | 23 | #4,460 |
| 2015 | — | — | 18 | #5,280 |
| 2014 | — | — | 17 | #5,470 |
| 2013 | — | — | 13 | #6,585 |
| 2012 | — | — | 15 | #5,982 |
| 2011 | — | — | 10 | #8,046 |
| 2010 | — | — | 5 | #14,162 |
| 2009 | — | — | 8 | #9,825 |
| 2008 | — | — | 10 | #8,294 |
| 2007 | — | — | 5 | #14,308 |
| 2006 | — | — | 5 | #13,946 |
| 2004 | — | — | 6 | #11,297 |
| 2002 | — | — | 8 | #8,420 |
| 2001 | — | — | 7 | #9,205 |
| 2000 | — | — | 6 | #10,308 |
| 1995 | — | — | 5 | #10,289 |
| 1991 | — | — | 7 | #7,241 |
| 1988 | — | — | 5 | #8,462 |
| 1982 | — | — | 10 | #4,226 |
| 1981 | — | — | 7 | #5,459 |
| 1980 | — | — | 8 | #4,928 |
| 1978 | — | — | 6 | #5,756 |
| 1973 | — | — | 6 | #5,089 |
| 1969 | — | — | 5 | #5,026 |
| 1968 | — | — | 9 | #3,104 |
| 1966 | — | — | 9 | #2,980 |
| 1965 | — | — | 7 | #3,534 |
| 1963 | — | — | 6 | #4,041 |
| 1962 | — | — | 7 | #3,636 |
| 1961 | — | — | 6 | #4,058 |
| 1960 | — | — | 8 | #3,334 |
| 1959 | — | — | 8 | #3,286 |
| 1958 | — | — | 5 | #4,497 |
| 1957 | — | — | 12 | #2,491 |
| 1956 | — | — | 10 | #2,794 |
| 1955 | — | — | 5 | #4,391 |
| 1954 | — | — | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1953 | — | — | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1952 | — | — | 16 | #2,008 |
| 1951 | — | — | 13 | #2,243 |
| 1950 | — | — | 7 | #3,323 |
| 1949 | — | — | 7 | #3,294 |
| 1948 | — | — | 22 | #1,610 |
| 1947 | — | — | 14 | #2,166 |
| 1946 | — | — | 13 | #2,141 |
| 1945 | — | — | 11 | #2,240 |
| 1944 | — | — | 17 | #1,736 |
| 1943 | — | — | 16 | #1,908 |
| 1942 | — | — | 17 | #1,797 |
| 1941 | — | — | 10 | #2,488 |
| 1940 | — | — | 10 | #2,476 |
| 1939 | — | — | 14 | #1,956 |
| 1938 | — | — | 9 | #2,645 |
| 1937 | — | — | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1936 | — | — | 14 | #1,962 |
| 1935 | — | — | 17 | #1,753 |
| 1934 | — | — | 8 | #2,966 |
| 1933 | — | — | 17 | #1,769 |
| 1932 | — | — | 10 | #2,635 |
| 1931 | — | — | 13 | #2,205 |
| 1930 | — | — | 9 | #3,017 |
| 1929 | — | — | 11 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | — | — | 20 | #1,759 |
| 1927 | — | — | 12 | #2,522 |
| 1926 | — | — | 15 | #2,183 |
| 1925 | — | — | 17 | #2,007 |
| 1924 | — | — | 22 | #1,724 |
| 1923 | — | — | 18 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | — | — | 15 | #2,237 |
| 1921 | — | — | 17 | #2,057 |
| 1920 | — | — | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1919 | — | — | 16 | #2,060 |
| 1918 | — | — | 27 | #1,402 |
| 1917 | — | — | 29 | #1,290 |
| 1916 | — | — | 30 | #1,239 |
| 1915 | — | — | 27 | #1,305 |
| 1914 | — | — | 16 | #1,606 |
| 1913 | — | — | 18 | #1,252 |
| 1912 | — | — | 12 | #1,525 |
| 1911 | — | — | 7 | #1,534 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,835 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,273 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,421 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #1,061 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,307 |
| 1894 | — | — | 8 | #855 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #835 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,161 |
| 1886 | — | — | 9 | #693 |
| 1884 | — | — | 8 | #761 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,096 |
| 1880 | — | — | 8 | #743 |
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).