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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 101 recorded years as a table

Woodson, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	72
1882	44
1884	70
1886	81
1890	45
1893	71
1894	69
1900	40
1904	55
1905	38
1909	43
1910	26
1911	31
1912	28
1913	35
1914	24
1915	32
1916	34
1917	31
1918	27
1919	16
1920	22
1921	15
1922	14
1923	16
1924	19
1925	15
1926	14
1927	11
1928	18
1929	10
1930	8
1931	13
1932	10
1933	17
1934	8
1935	16
1936	13
1937	8
1938	8
1939	13
1940	9
1941	8
1942	12
1943	11
1944	12
1945	8
1946	8
1947	8
1948	13
1949	4
1950	4
1951	7
1952	8
1953	5
1954	4
1955	2
1956	5
1957	6
1958	2
1959	4
1960	4
1961	3
1962	3
1963	3
1965	4
1966	5
1968	5
1969	3
1973	4
1978	4
1980	4
1981	4
1982	6
1988	3
1991	3
1995	3
2000	3
2001	4
2002	4
2004	3
2006	2
2007	2
2008	5
2009	4
2010	3
2011	5
2012	8
2013	7
2014	9
2015	9
2016	12
2017	16
2018	15
2019	13
2020	16
2021	14
2022	21
2023	20
2024	28
2025	33

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Woodson isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 56
Rank in 2025: #2,421
How rare: 1 in 30,501 boys
Since 1880: 1,359

Most popular in 1886, at 81 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 249% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.