Boys' name · since 1912
Woods
Woods has 688 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,517 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,471 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 688
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Woods currently ranks #1471 among boys' names in America, with 688 babies recorded since 1912.
Social Security Administration records show Woods recorded 688 times among boys since 1912, holding rank #1471 nationally today, ahead of 89% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #6,517 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,471 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 688 born since 1912
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Woods ranks #6,517 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,471 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 688 born since 1912, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,517 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,471 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 688
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Woods's 688 recorded births place it above 85.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Woods compares
688 Top 38% higher than 62% of 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
Woods's all-time total is 86% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Woods | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 688 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 121 | 34 | 22,252 |
Woods's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Woods's full recorded timeline at 2015, 89% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 11% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1912, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 121 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Woods popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 121
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Woods popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 2023 (Woods as girls' name)
Woods by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (487 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Woods's strongest decade.
487 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Woods births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s 172
2010s
172 births
- 2020s
2020s
487 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 487 births (71% of all-time use).
How Woods compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Woods's total volume
Woods by state
Where Woods concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 42 | 6.1% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 28 | 4.1% |
| #3 | California | | 20 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 13 | 1.9% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 13 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 13 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 10 | 1.5% |
42 of 688 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Woods appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Woodss (42 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1912–2025 (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 Woods 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.