Woodford
Recorded 1911–2025 · United States
Woodford was most popular in 1916, when 28 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,538 that year. In 2025 it ranked #18,449, with 8 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 578 people named Woodford.
Woodford over time
How old is the name Woodford?
Woodford first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1911, which makes it about 114 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 50 of the 115 years since.
How many people are named Woodford?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 578 American births named Woodford between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 115 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Woodford in 2025?
8 American babies were named Woodford in 2025, ranking #18,449 that year.
Is Woodford getting more or less popular?
Woodford is new. It was not recorded at all a decade ago and averaged 7 births a year across 2021–2025.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Woodford a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Woodford is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 578 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Woodford?
Roughly 115 Americans named Woodford are alive today — 20% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 76 years old, and half are between 63 and 82.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org