Woodson
#3,984 most common boys' name of all time · #9,746 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#3,984
Rank overall
#9,746 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
101 of 146
All-time
1,359
Since 2016
331
Peak year
2025 #2,421
Best rank
#676 1886
Girls
Boys
peak 56/yr
Woodson is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,421 |
| 2024 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,719 |
| 2023 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,417 |
| 2022 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,278 |
| 2021 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,123 |
| 2020 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,739 |
| 2019 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,234 |
| 2018 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,796 |
| 2017 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,679 |
| 2016 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,331 |
| 2015 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,064 |
| 2014 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,258 |
| 2013 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,248 |
| 2012 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,728 |
| 2011 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,517 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,260 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,998 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,712 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,394 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,085 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,975 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,664 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,360 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,135 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,893 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,536 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,301 |
| 1982 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,978 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,990 |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,514 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,081 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,534 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,426 |
| 1968 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,918 |
| 1966 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,800 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,264 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,681 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,325 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,676 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,056 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,968 |
| 1957 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,386 |
| 1956 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,645 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,918 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,761 |
| 1953 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1952 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,948 |
| 1951 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,143 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,036 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,034 |
| 1948 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 1947 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,087 |
| 1946 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,042 |
| 1945 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,139 |
| 1944 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,694 |
| 1943 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,844 |
| 1942 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,740 |
| 1941 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,355 |
| 1940 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,343 |
| 1939 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,890 |
| 1938 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,501 |
| 1937 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,499 |
| 1936 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,885 |
| 1935 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,718 |
| 1934 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,773 |
| 1933 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,715 |
| 1932 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,489 |
| 1931 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,124 |
| 1930 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 1929 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,468 |
| 1928 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,713 |
| 1927 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,419 |
| 1926 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,086 |
| 1925 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,943 |
| 1924 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,683 |
| 1923 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,882 |
| 1922 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,150 |
| 1921 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,988 |
| 1920 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,598 |
| 1919 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,987 |
| 1918 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,379 |
| 1917 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,273 |
| 1916 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,216 |
| 1915 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,273 |
| 1914 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,548 |
| 1913 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,214 |
| 1912 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,432 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,413 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,619 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,185 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,266 |
| 1904 | — | 7 | 7 | #992 |
| 1900 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,198 |
| 1894 | — | 8 | 8 | #817 |
| 1893 | — | 8 | 8 | #799 |
| 1890 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1886 | — | 9 | 9 | #676 |
| 1884 | — | 8 | 8 | #729 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #976 |
| 1880 | — | 8 | 8 | #743 |