Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Woodford

#6,704 most common boys' name of all time · #16,797 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1911–2025

Rank among boys
#6,704
Rank overall
#16,797 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
578
Since 2016
20
Peak year
1916 #1,300
Best rank
#1,300 1916
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
192019401960198020002020

Woodford first appears in 1911. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #8,968
2023 — 5 5 #12,349
2022 — 7 7 #9,887
1969 — 5 5 #4,548
1964 — 5 5 #4,182
1963 — 5 5 #4,204
1958 — 10 10 #2,711
1955 — 6 6 #3,640
1954 — 7 7 #3,289
1952 — 9 9 #2,771
1950 — 5 5 #3,835
1949 — 8 8 #2,905
1948 — 8 8 #2,883
1947 — 10 10 #2,587
1946 — 11 11 #2,347
1945 — 9 9 #2,486
1944 — 11 11 #2,257
1943 — 12 12 #2,242
1942 — 14 14 #2,012
1941 — 8 8 #2,776
1940 — 9 9 #2,585
1939 — 6 6 #3,256
1938 — 5 5 #3,693
1937 — 5 5 #3,690
1936 — 7 7 #2,982
1935 — 8 8 #2,845
1934 — 7 7 #3,098
1933 — 11 11 #2,310
1932 — 8 8 #2,961
1931 — 5 5 #3,924
1930 — 19 19 #1,738
1929 — 13 13 #2,279
1928 — 18 18 #1,880
1927 — 10 10 #2,812
1926 — 15 15 #2,148
1925 — 16 16 #2,061
1924 — 10 10 #2,911
1923 — 16 16 #2,091
1922 — 18 18 #1,941
1921 — 24 24 #1,579
1920 — 21 21 #1,740
1919 — 24 24 #1,520
1918 — 27 27 #1,400
1917 — 19 19 #1,744
1916 — 28 28 #1,300
1915 — 20 20 #1,596
1914 — 17 17 #1,541
1913 — 14 14 #1,490
1912 — 10 10 #1,735
1911 — 5 5 #1,999