How Many People Are Named Woodford?
people named Woodford are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,024,644 people in the US has this name
Based on 578 babies named Woodford in Social Security records from 1911 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
28 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Woodford in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Woodford alive today is about 63 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Woodford first appears in the records in 1911 and was given most often in 1916, to 28 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1911 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Woodford has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,299, in 1916. In 2025 it ranked #9,657.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,657 |
| Best rank | #1,299 (1916) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,508 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Woodford alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Woodford were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 12 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Woodford was given about 39.9 times as often in Kentucky.
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