Counterfactual

The Parallel Lives of Aarush and Woodrow

In 99 boys, Aarush found its level. 50 years earlier, Woodrow occupied that same statistical address.

2002–2025

Aarush

peak 2010 2025 1900192019401960198020002020
Peak year 2010
Peak births 227
Latest count 99
Status Declining
Peak generation Gen Z
1900–2025

Woodrow

peak 1918 2025 1900192019401960198020002020
Peak year 1918
Peak births 3,358
Latest count 102
Status Endangered
Peak generation Greatest Generation
In 99 boys, Aarush found its level. 50 years earlier, Woodrow occupied that same address. One peaked in the Greatest Generation era; the other in the Gen Z world. They never met. But the data remembers them both.