Woodrow — #1685 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Woodrow

The Social Security Administration has registered 39,005 babies named Woodrow between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Woodrow currently holds the #1685 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 3,358 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Woodrow performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 18,355 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Woodrow shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,921 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Woodrow in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Woodrow 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 39,005 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.