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How popular is “Woodson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Woodson” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Woodson” 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 “Woodson” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Woodson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Woodson” 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
1880 8 0.000039705 8 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1884 8 0.000032859 8 -100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 -100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 -100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 -100%
1914 16 0.000011297 16 -100%
1915 27 0.000014735 27 -100%
1916 30 0.000015509 30 -100%
1917 29 0.000014451 29 -100%
1918 27 0.000012436 27 -100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 -100%
1920 23 0.000010165 23 -100%
1921 17 0.000007282 17 -100%
1922 15 0.000006553 15 -100%
1923 18 0.000007818 18 -100%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 -100%
1925 17 0.000007286 17 -100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 -100%
1927 12 0.000005174 12 -100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 17 0.000008502 17 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 17 0.000008134 17 -100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 -100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 -100%
1942 17 0.000006223 17 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 -100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 -100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 -100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 -100%
1948 22 0.000006372 22 -100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 16 0.000004213 16 -100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 10 0.000002425 10 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2012 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 -100%
2014 17 0.000004587 17 -100%
2015 18 0.000004864 18 -100%
2016 23 0.000006269 23 -100%
2017 29 0.000008109 29 -100%
2018 28 0.000007964 28 -100%
2019 24 0.000006915 24 -100%
2020 28 0.000008382 28 -100%
2021 25 0.000007379 25 -100%
2022 36 0.000010641 36 -100%
2023 34 0.000010268 34 -100%
2024 48 0.000014421 48 -100%

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