Woodson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WOOD-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,421 for boys
Woodson is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,421st for boys in the US (56 babies).
What does Woodson mean?
English: English surname
Historian Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) founded Negro History Week, the forerunner of Black History Month.
Is Woodson a girl's or a boy's name?
Woodson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Woodson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,421st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 56 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were named Woodson, making it the 2,421st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st.
2025 had the most boys named Woodson of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Woodson in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Woodson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,421 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,558 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,707 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,707 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,372 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,264 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,206 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,265 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,544 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,205 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 9 | #647 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
Nicknames for Woodson
- Woody 106 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Woodson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilson, Watson, Lawson, Warren, Judson, Emerson, Winston, Walton, Anderson, Harlan, Hampton, Miller
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Woodson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/woodson, updated 20 October 2026.