How rare is the name Woodrow?

8,852 people in the United States have the first name Woodrow, about 1 in 34,120. It ranks #2,660 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WOODROW

#2,660

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,852
About
1 in 34,120
This common or more
80.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,852 people named Woodrow, 66.2% reported their origin as White, 26% as Black and 3.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Woodrow peaked in 1918, when 3,372 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002025
Peak year
1918
Births that year
3,372
In 2025*
102 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 39,246 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Woodrow by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #164. The largest share of babies named Woodrow, 57.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1900s#2,27472
1910s#16418,441
1920s#5754,572
1930s#6872,932
1940s#6174,766
1950s#9682,814
1960s#1,3271,785
1970s#1,8141,149
1980s#2,636742
1990s#3,973557
2000s#7,895284
2010s#5,112576
2020s#3,730556
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–2757.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4516.2%
Baby boom 1946–6414.3%
Generation X 1965–805.1%
Millennials 1981–962.7%
Generation Z 1997–121.4%
2013 and later2.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Woodrow is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Woodrow has been most common in South Carolina (5.4×), West Virginia (4.4×), and Mississippi (3.6×), and least common in Connecticut (0.08×).

34,528 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Woodrow

#2,657 Lili · 8,870#2,659 Hayes · 8,856#2,661 Joao · 8,843#2,662 Karrie · 8,839

Also a last name

As a last name, Woodrow ranks #11,453 of 156,621, with 2,631 people. See Woodrow as a last name

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