Woodford vs Woodroe
American parents have registered 784 Woodroes since 1880, against 578 Woodfords. But in 2025 it was Woodford that was commoner, 8 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Woodford Woodroe
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 51 years in which either name was published, Woodroe for 26 years and Woodford for 25 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1912–1923 Woodroe ahead
- 1929–1935 Woodford ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1936–1941 Woodroe ahead
- 1945–2025 Woodford ahead, apart from 2 short spells
12 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Woodford | Woodroe | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 578 | 784 |
| Most in one year | 28 | 72 |
| Babies in 2025 | 8 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 110 | 70 |
| Median age today | 75 | 81 |
| Peak year | 1916 | 1918 |
| Best rank | 1,265th boys | 761st boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 8,910th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1911 | 1912 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 578 | 0 / 784 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Woodroes alive today are over 81; half the Woodfords are over 75. That is 6 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Woodford and Woodroe.