Wood — #8963 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wood

The Social Security Administration has registered 313 babies named Wood between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wood currently holds the #8963 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wood performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Wood shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Wood in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wood in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 313 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.