Woodson
Woodson was given to 56 boys in 2025, #2,450 among boys’ names; 1,359 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Woodson by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Woodson?
#2,450 among boys’ names, 2025
Woodson rose from #5,276 in 2015 to #2,450 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 9.4 to 32.8 per million.
56 babies in 2025, the peak
Woodson peaked in 2025, when 56 boys were given it, #2,450 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 48 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,450 | 32.8 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,746 | 27.9 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,466 | 19.9 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,332 | 20.6 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,232 | 14.3 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,804 | 16.2 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,322 | 13.4 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,880 | 15.4 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,765 | 15.7 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,459 | 12.1 |
Every recorded year (101)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | #5,276 | 9.4 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,466 | 8.9 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,580 | 6.9 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,976 | 7.9 |
| 2011 | 10 | #8,039 | 5.3 |
| 2010 | 5 | #14,155 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 8 | #9,820 | 4.0 |
| 2008 | 10 | #8,289 | 4.9 |
| 2007 | 5 | #14,302 | 2.4 |
| 2006 | 5 | #13,939 | 2.4 |
| 2004 | 6 | #11,290 | 3.0 |
| 2002 | 8 | #8,413 | 4.1 |
| 2001 | 7 | #9,198 | 3.6 |
| 2000 | 6 | #10,300 | 3.1 |
| 1995 | 5 | #10,282 | 2.6 |
| 1991 | 7 | #7,234 | 3.5 |
| 1988 | 5 | #8,455 | 2.6 |
| 1982 | 10 | #4,224 | 5.5 |
| 1981 | 7 | #5,457 | 3.9 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,926 | 4.5 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,753 | 3.7 |
| 1973 | 6 | #5,087 | 3.8 |
| 1969 | 5 | #5,024 | 2.8 |
| 1968 | 9 | #3,103 | 5.2 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,979 | 5.0 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,533 | 3.8 |
| 1963 | 6 | #4,040 | 3.0 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,635 | 3.4 |
| 1961 | 6 | #4,057 | 2.8 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,333 | 3.8 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,285 | 3.7 |
| 1958 | 5 | #4,496 | 2.4 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,490 | 5.6 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,793 | 4.7 |
| 1955 | 5 | #4,390 | 2.4 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,938 | 4.4 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,898 | 4.6 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,007 | 8.2 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,242 | 6.9 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,322 | 3.9 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,293 | 3.9 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,609 | 12.5 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,165 | 7.7 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,140 | 8.0 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,239 | 8.2 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,735 | 12.5 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,907 | 11.2 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,797 | 12.3 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,488 | 8.1 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,476 | 8.6 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,956 | 12.6 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,645 | 8.1 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,678 | 8.4 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,962 | 13.5 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,753 | 16.3 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,965 | 7.7 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,769 | 17.1 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,635 | 9.6 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,205 | 12.5 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,015 | 8.2 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,587 | 10.2 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,759 | 18.1 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,522 | 10.6 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,183 | 13.5 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,006 | 15.2 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,724 | 19.4 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,939 | 16.4 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,236 | 13.8 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,056 | 15.4 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,641 | 21.6 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,059 | 16.3 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,401 | 26.6 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,290 | 31.3 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,239 | 33.7 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,305 | 31.8 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,605 | 24.4 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,252 | 35.1 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,524 | 27.9 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,533 | 31.0 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,834 | 25.7 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,273 | 42.7 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,420 | 37.8 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,060 | 54.6 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,306 | 39.9 |
| 1894 | 8 | #854 | 69.1 |
| 1893 | 8 | #835 | 71.2 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,160 | 45.0 |
| 1886 | 9 | #693 | 81.2 |
| 1884 | 8 | #761 | 69.9 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,095 | 44.0 |
| 1880 | 8 | #743 | 72.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Woodson a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Woodson has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 101 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Woodson: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Woodson, and how old are they?
An estimated 693 Americans named Woodson and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (51% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 5 and 58. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 609 people named Woodson (11 women and girls, 598 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 533 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Woodson
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.
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