Woods — #1751 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Woods

The Social Security Administration has registered 567 babies named Woods between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Woods currently holds the #1751 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 94 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Woods performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 366 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Woods shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Woods in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Woods 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 567 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.