Woodrow
Boy nameWoodrow has been given to 39,246 babies in the U.S. since 1900. It peaked in 1918.
Meaning & origin /ˈwʊd.roʊ/
From wood +‎ row.
Origin: surnames
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
39,246
Peak year
1918 (3,372 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1900
10-year trend
▲ +73%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Woodrow
Woody Harrelson
American actor
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)
Woody Herman
American jazz musician and bandleader (1913–1987)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Woodrow.
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