# Woodrow (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/woodrow/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwʊd.roʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Woody |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 39,246 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 39,107 / 139 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 354, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From wood + row.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 6 | 3,604 |
| 1915 | 8 | 3,427 |
| 1916 | 11 | 2,828 |
| 1917 | 11 | 2,873 |
| 1918 | 14 | 2,515 |
| 1919 | 15 | 2,383 |
| 1920 | 5 | 5,751 |
| 1921 | 6 | 5,093 |
| 1922 | 9 | 3,652 |
| 1924 | 5 | 5,883 |
| 1927 | 5 | 5,593 |
| 1931 | 7 | 3,843 |
| 1932 | 5 | 5,087 |
| 1940 | 5 | 5,014 |
| 1958 | 6 | 6,091 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 2,998 |
| 2012 | 35 | 3,227 |
| 2013 | 33 | 3,335 |
| 2014 | 57 | 2,315 |
| 2015 | 59 | 2,273 |
| 2016 | 77 | 1,919 |
| 2017 | 73 | 1,975 |
| 2018 | 81 | 1,870 |
| 2019 | 78 | 1,915 |
| 2020 | 91 | 1,715 |
| 2021 | 92 | 1,762 |
| 2022 | 88 | 1,837 |
| 2023 | 84 | 1,894 |
| 2024 | 99 | 1,700 |
| 2025 | 102 | 1,653 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,430 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,024 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,123 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,085 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,469 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 22 | 1,276 |

## People named Woodrow

- Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States (1913–1921)
- Woodrow Parfrey, American film and television actor (1922-1984)
- Woodrow West, Belizean football goalkeeper currently playing for the Belmopan Bandits FC
- Woodrow Wyatt, British politician (1918-1997)
- Robert Wilson, American astronomer (born 1936)
- Woody Harrelson, American actor (born 1961)
- Woody Herman, American jazz musician and bandleader (1913–1987)
- Woody Sauldsberry, American basketball player (1934-2007)
- Oh No, American rapper and record producer from California
- Woody Jackson, American composer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.