Boys' name · since 1880
Wood
320 babies named Wood in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,232 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,726 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 320
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Yes -- Wood is the #9726 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 320 recorded since 1880.
Wood has 320 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9726 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of boys, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #10,232 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,726 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 320 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wood ranks #10,232 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,726 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 320 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #10,232 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,726 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 320
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Wood's 320 recorded births place it above 77.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Wood compares
320 47th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Wood's all-time total is 13% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wood | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 320 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Wood's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Wood splits its recorded history at 1927: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Wood popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Wood popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 2023 (Wood as girls' name)
Wood by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (85 births, 27% of the file).
1910s was Wood's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Wood births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 27
1880s
27 births
- 1910s
1910s
85 births
- 1920s
1920s
76 births
- 1930s
1930s
40 births
- 1940s 29
1940s
29 births
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 85 births (27% of all-time use).
Wood by state
Where Wood concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
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What to do with Wood's data
- Wood's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (85 total births) through the 2020s (45) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Woods (9 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Wood: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Wood draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.