Woodie
Woodie was last recorded in 1998, when 5 babies were given it; 2,262 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 1998 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Woodie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Woodie?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,263, in 1998; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
59 babies in 1926, the peak
Woodie peaked in 1926, when 59 babies were given it (40 boys, #1,143 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | under 5 | 5 | #11,263 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 5 | #10,111 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 6 | #8,201 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 5 | #9,188 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 5 | #7,790 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 5 | #7,551 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 7 | #5,610 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 7 | #5,456 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 5 | #7,273 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 8 | #4,544 |
Every recorded year (103)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | under 5 | 5 | #6,839 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 10 | #3,718 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 7 | #4,791 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 10 | #3,553 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 9 | #3,684 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 14 | #2,656 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 13 | #2,810 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 9 | #3,513 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 16 | #2,215 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 6 | #4,128 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 14 | #2,240 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 13 | #2,322 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 15 | #2,174 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 15 | #2,200 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 10 | #2,854 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 14 | #2,275 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 17 | #2,067 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 24 | #1,689 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 21 | #1,803 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 21 | #1,763 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 24 | #1,671 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 34 | #1,333 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 30 | #1,417 | |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,609 | 29 | #1,433 |
| 1953 | under 5 | 30 | #1,406 | |
| 1952 | 5 | #6,383 | 39 | #1,192 |
| 1951 | under 5 | 32 | #1,330 | |
| 1950 | 6 | #5,288 | 28 | #1,392 |
| 1949 | under 5 | 29 | #1,377 | |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,232 | 36 | #1,215 |
| 1947 | 6 | #5,284 | 42 | #1,134 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,410 | 48 | #979 |
| 1945 | 7 | #4,018 | 37 | #1,076 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,566 | 41 | #1,037 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,487 | 39 | #1,105 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,660 | 45 | #1,005 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,410 | 46 | #950 |
| 1940 | under 5 | 45 | #966 | |
| 1939 | 6 | #4,238 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,442 | 25 | #1,363 |
| 1937 | 6 | #4,246 | 24 | #1,402 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,171 | 22 | #1,462 |
| 1935 | 6 | #4,194 | 20 | #1,582 |
| 1934 | under 5 | 22 | #1,497 | |
| 1933 | 6 | #4,210 | 30 | #1,228 |
| 1932 | under 5 | 21 | #1,583 | |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,487 | 27 | #1,360 |
| 1930 | 7 | #4,033 | 18 | #1,819 |
| 1929 | under 5 | 22 | #1,610 | |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,715 | 23 | #1,609 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,866 | 33 | #1,292 |
| 1926 | 19 | #2,072 | 40 | #1,143 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,757 | 20 | #1,803 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,386 | 27 | #1,490 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,366 | 26 | #1,499 |
| 1922 | under 5 | 41 | #1,119 | |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,451 | 25 | #1,547 |
| 1920 | 11 | #3,090 | 26 | #1,503 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,509 | 36 | #1,187 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,282 | 42 | #1,060 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,549 | 34 | #1,173 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,494 | 35 | #1,119 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,683 | 32 | #1,158 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,261 | 27 | #1,126 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,157 | 30 | #913 |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,139 | 16 | #1,222 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,456 | 10 | #1,187 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,782 | 9 | #1,191 |
| 1907 | under 5 | 7 | #1,197 | |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,721 | 7 | #1,108 |
| 1905 | under 5 | 9 | #916 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 5 | #1,391 | |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,586 | 6 | #1,127 |
| 1902 | 5 | #2,038 | 7 | #1,011 |
| 1901 | under 5 | 6 | #1,056 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 5 | #1,503 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 6 | #1,119 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 5 | #1,224 | |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,819 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 7 | #975 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 5 | #1,233 | |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,172 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 7 | #951 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 9 | #698 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 5 | #1,159 | |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,469 | 10 | #703 |
| 1887 | under 5 | 6 | #918 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 11 | #604 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 7 | #834 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 8 | #760 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 6 | #887 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 8 | #704 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 5 | #1,053 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Woodie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,262 Americans recorded as Woodie, 15% are girls and 85% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Woodie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Woodie, and how old are they?
An estimated 688 Americans named Woodie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (30% of everyone recorded); the median is 72 years old and half are between 61 and 80. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 764 people named Woodie (104 women and girls, 660 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 863 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Woodie born?
The states with the most babies named Woodie are Alabama, Texas and Mississippi, with 92% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama and Mississippi are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 255 | not ranked | 4.8× |
| Texas | 149 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Mississippi | 84 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| North Carolina | 18 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 12 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Kentucky | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Virginia | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Woodie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Woodie is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 4.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Woodie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 6,508 babies since 1880, Woodie is the second most given (35% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Woodie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Woodie and names like it
- Compare Woodie and WoodyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sWoodie peaked in 1926.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Woodie since 1910.
- The top names of 1926The year the most babies were named Woodie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Woodie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with WMost given first.