Woodard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Woodard

The Social Security Administration has registered 283 babies named Woodard between 1911 and 1958, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Woodard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Woodard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Woodard shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Woodard in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Woodard in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 283 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.