Woody — #7236 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Woody

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,224 babies named Woody between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Woody currently holds the #7236 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 116 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Woody performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 910 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Woody shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 361 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Woody in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Woody 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 4,224 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.