Woodson
Woodson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 48 births. Its best rank was 693rd, in 1886.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 480.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202448 births
- Best rank
- #693in 1886
- Since 1880
- 1,303people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,303 boys have been named Woodson in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 48 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1947, and the 1910s alone account for 14%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Woodson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | |
| 1890s | 21 | |
| 1900s | 25 | |
| 1910s | 187 | |
| 1920s | 170 | |
| 1930s | 120 | |
| 1940s | 137 | |
| 1950s | 94 | |
| 1960s | 57 | |
| 1970s | 12 | |
| 1980s | 30 | |
| 1990s | 12 | |
| 2000s | 55 | |
| 2010s | 182 | |
| 2020s | 171 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Woodson was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Woodson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wellingtonpeak 1922
- Leanderpeak 2023
- Wilhelmpeak 2014
- Julespeak 1928
- Arlingtonpeak 1917
- Herveypeak 1917
- Sumnerpeak 1920
- Whitpeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.