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How popular is “Woodford” in the USA?

Number of people named “Woodford” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Woodford” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Woodford” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Woodford” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Woodford” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Woodford” by birth year

This chart shows how “Woodford” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 -100%
1914 17 0.000012003 17 -100%
1915 20 0.000010914 20 -100%
1916 28 0.000014475 28 -100%
1917 19 0.000009468 19 -100%
1918 27 0.000012436 27 -100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 -100%
1920 21 0.000009281 21 -100%
1921 24 0.000010281 24 -100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 -100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 -100%
1924 10 0.000004199 10 -100%
1925 16 0.000006857 16 -100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 -100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 -100%
1928 18 0.000007961 18 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 -100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 -100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 -100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 -100%
1944 11 0.000004089 11 -100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 -100%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 -100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 -100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%

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