Woodrow

Boys’ name Recorded 1900-2025

Woodrow was given to 102 boys in 2025, #1,653 among boys’ names; 39,246 Americans have been recorded with it since 1900 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).

An estimated 9,370 Americans named Woodrow and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (24% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 43 and 77.

Babies named Woodrow each year, first recorded in 1900

Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).

Names of the 1910s Names in Texas From surnames

Births of Woodrow by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.

What does Woodrow mean?

Wiktionary, English section

Woodrow is “a male given name transferred from the surname, given in the 1910s in honor of President Woodrow Wilson.”

From wood + row.

/ˈwʊd.roʊ/

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, entry Woodrow (English), CC BY‑SA 4.0. Quoted from the entry; text after a cross-reference to another sense is left out.

Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).

How popular is Woodrow?

#1,653 among boys’ names, 2025

Woodrow rose from #2,272 in 2015 to #1,653 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 30.8 to 59.7 per million.

3,372 babies in 1918, the peak

Woodrow peaked in 1918, when 3,372 babies were given it (3,358 boys, #58 among boys’ names). The 102 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.

Woodrow by year
Year	Births	Rank	Per 1,000 boys
2025	102	#1,653	0.06
2024	99	#1,700	0.06
2023	84	#1,894	0.05
2022	88	#1,837	0.05
2021	92	#1,762	0.05
2020	91	#1,715	0.05
2019	78	#1,915	0.04
2018	81	#1,869	0.04
2017	73	#1,975	0.04
2016	77	#1,919	0.04

Every recorded year (122)

Year	Births	Rank	Per 1,000 boys
2015	59	#2,272	0.03
2014	57	#2,313	0.03
2013	33	#3,333	0.02
2012	35	#3,224	0.02
2011	39	#2,997	0.02
2010	44	#2,784	0.02
2009	29	#3,716	0.01
2008	33	#3,414	0.02
2007	27	#3,886	0.01
2006	19	#4,850	0.01
2005	32	#3,235	0.02
2004	29	#3,363	0.01
2003	36	#2,773	0.02
2002	32	#2,936	0.02
2001	24	#3,609	0.01
2000	23	#3,628	0.01
1999	39	#2,340	0.02
1998	40	#2,269	0.02
1997	64	#1,595	0.03
1996	54	#1,735	0.03
1995	39	#2,133	0.02
1994	50	#1,767	0.03
1993	62	#1,506	0.03
1992	71	#1,345	0.04
1991	70	#1,352	0.03
1990	68	#1,355	0.03
1989	73	#1,275	0.04
1988	64	#1,291	0.03
1987	50	#1,464	0.03
1986	77	#1,065	0.04
1985	64	#1,179	0.03
1984	62	#1,163	0.03
1983	86	#955	0.05
1982	88	#964	0.05
1981	84	#994	0.05
1980	94	#923	0.05
1979	97	#888	0.06
1978	94	#890	0.06
1977	109	#818	0.07
1976	105	#819	0.07
1975	100	#836	0.06
1974	97	#819	0.06
1973	120	#734	0.08
1972	136	#687	0.08
1971	144	#691	0.08
1970	147	#684	0.08
1969	156	#636	0.09
1968	148	#621	0.09
1967	154	#604	0.09
1966	148	#613	0.08
1965	168	#588	0.09
1964	196	#567	0.10
1963	191	#571	0.09
1962	200	#560	0.10
1961	216	#541	0.10
1960	208	#546	0.10
1959	180	#584	0.08
1958	215	#525	0.10
1957	239	#500	0.11
1956	233	#497	0.11
1955	283	#438	0.14
1954	305	#413	0.15
1953	304	#400	0.15
1952	353	#360	0.18
1951	362	#361	0.19
1950	334	#370	0.19
1949	388	#343	0.22
1948	428	#324	0.24
1947	485	#316	0.27
1946	470	#299	0.29
1945	503	#261	0.37
1944	524	#255	0.38
1943	559	#251	0.39
1942	480	#275	0.35
1941	481	#255	0.39
1940	443	#268	0.38
1939	424	#264	0.38
1938	405	#275	0.37
1937	357	#286	0.33
1936	282	#322	0.27
1935	272	#330	0.26
1934	217	#369	0.21
1933	222	#364	0.22
1932	293	#323	0.28
1931	236	#367	0.23
1930	212	#397	0.19
1929	213	#398	0.20
1928	230	#391	0.21
1927	338	#312	0.30
1926	306	#330	0.28
1925	375	#296	0.34
1924	516	#254	0.46
1923	484	#253	0.44
1922	622	#211	0.57
1921	684	#201	0.62
1920	774	#183	0.73
1919	1,808	#91	1.8
1918	3,358	#58	3.3
1917	2,428	#73	2.6
1916	2,668	#64	3.0
1915	1,966	#83	2.3
1914	1,785	#71	2.7
1913	2,333	#44	4.6
1912	1,843	#46	4.3
1911	121	#234	0.54
1910	45	#395	0.23
1909	24	#544	0.15
1908	17	#656	0.11
1907	11	#862	0.07
1906	7	#1,109	0.05
1902	5	#1,315	0.04
1900	8	#1,045	0.05

Download Woodrow’s births by year (CSV)

Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.

Is Woodrow a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Woodrow has been given almost only to boys: 139 girls in 122 years of records.

Girls and boys named Woodrow: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.

How many people are named Woodrow, and how old are they?

9,370 alive in 2026, estimated

That is 24% of the 39,246 Americans ever recorded as Woodrow. The median Woodrow alive today is 64 years old; half are between 43 and 77.

The 2020 Census counted 8,852 people named Woodrow (9 women and girls, 8,843 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,594 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% 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.

Alive today, by age

100-1098

90-99173

80-891,570

70-792,060

60-69 (median)1,500

50-591,150

40-49794

30-39575

20-29331

10-19429

0-9783

Alive today, by generation

By generation
Generation	Born	Alive
Silent Generation	1928-1945	1,520
Baby Boomers	1946-1964	3,520
Generation X	1965-1980	1,770
Millennials	1981-1996	1,010
Generation Z	1997-2012	536
Generation Alpha	2013-2025	1,010

An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.

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 Woodrow born?

The states with the most babies named Woodrow are Texas, South Carolina and North Carolina, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina is not among the ten states with the most births.

States with the most births: girls and boys together; rank among boys’ names in the state in 2025
State	Since 1910	Rank, boys	vs. national
Texas	2,927	#2,552	1.3×
South Carolina	2,730	not ranked	3.4×
North Carolina	2,622	not ranked	2.1×
Alabama	2,147	not ranked	2.1×
Georgia	1,939	not ranked	1.6×
Kentucky	1,918	not ranked	2.1×
Virginia	1,883	not ranked	2.0×
Mississippi	1,605	not ranked	2.1×
West Virginia	1,446	not ranked	2.5×
Tennessee	1,356	#1,184	1.4×

Where Woodrow is more common than its national share predicts

Relative to its national share, Woodrow is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 3.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.

South Carolina3.41×

West Virginia2.49×

Alabama2.15×

Mississippi2.09×

North Carolina2.07×

Kentucky2.07×

Virginia1.97×

Louisiana1.69×

Bars start at 1× (as often as the national share predicts).

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 Woodrow with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.

More about Woodrow and names like it

The most given names of the 1910sWoodrow peaked in 1918.
Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Woodrow since 1910.
From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Woodrow: every such name, by how often it is given.
The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Woodrow.
The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Woodrow alive today were born 1946-1964.
Names starting with WMost given first.

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