Woodford — boys' name

What the Data Says About Woodford

The Social Security Administration has registered 570 babies named Woodford between 1911 and 2023, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Woodford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Woodford performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Woodford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 156 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Woodford in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Woodford 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 570 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.