Woody
Last seen for girls in 1948 at #5,243 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1944 · 105 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,236since 1882
Woody over time
Rank among boys' names. Woody has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,257 | 11 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,886 | 20 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,445 | 17 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,540 | 16 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,578 | 14 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,986 | 18 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,923 | 24 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,469 | 19 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,641 | 27 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,999 | 22 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,406 | 29 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,255 | 31 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,068 | 34 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,197 | 28 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,215 | 26 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,917 | 31 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,764 | 34 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,979 | 27 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,408 | 20 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,059 | 26 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,766 | 32 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,910 | 29 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,670 | 34 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,326 | 47 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,071 | 65 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,346 | 43 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,407 | 39 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,244 | 45 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,400 | 36 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,069 | 57 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,127 | 53 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,142 | 52 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,231 | 41 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,119 | 45 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,131 | 43 | |
| 1965 | — | #986 | 56 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,006 | 56 | |
| 1963 | — | #875 | 73 | |
| 1962 | — | #896 | 72 | |
| 1961 | — | #855 | 80 | |
| 1960 | — | #886 | 74 | |
| 1959 | — | #864 | 78 | |
| 1958 | — | #944 | 65 | |
| 1957 | — | #831 | 83 | |
| 1956 | — | #818 | 84 | |
| 1955 | — | #812 | 81 | |
| 1954 | — | #863 | 72 | |
| 1953 | — | #731 | 96 | |
| 1952 | — | #761 | 86 | |
| 1951 | — | #766 | 83 | |
| 1950 | — | #747 | 85 | |
| 1949 | — | #749 | 84 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #774 | 77 |
| 1947 | — | #661 | 109 | |
| 1946 | — | #599 | 116 | |
| 1945 | — | #603 | 101 | |
| 1944 | — | #598 | 105 | |
| 1943 | — | #647 | 97 | |
| 1942 | — | #770 | 70 | |
| 1941 | — | #671 | 83 | |
| 1940 | — | #741 | 68 | |
| 1939 | — | #888 | 49 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,009 | 40 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1936 | — | #1,356 | 24 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,098 | 35 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,386 | 24 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,643 | 19 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,559 | 22 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,378 | 27 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,611 | 22 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,515 | 24 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,935 | 17 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,727 | 21 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,123 | 15 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,644 | 22 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,152 | 15 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,694 | 21 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,404 | 26 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,291 | 28 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,459 | 23 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,505 | 21 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,492 | 17 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,223 | 15 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Woody! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Woody is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#353 · 1 in 4,006
- Texas#814 · 1 in 11,361
Best ever in a state: #205 in New Mexico, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #353 | 5 | 1 in 4,006 |
| Texas | #814 | 5 | 1 in 11,361 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Woody
- 422 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #7,679)
- 177 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #7,679)
- 2,965 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 223 spots in 1883 (#943 → #720)
- Biggest drop: 145 spots in 1966 (#986 → #1,131)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1944 at #598 (105 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1939–1963
- Highest: 1 in 12,980 boys born in 1944 were named Woody (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.5% of all boys named Woody (910) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | #701 (1884) | #781 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,057 (1897) | #1,057 |
| 1900s | 12 | #1,050 (1900) | #1,128 |
| 1910s | 160 | #1,223 (1912) | #1,688 |
| 1920s | 206 | #1,378 (1929) | #1,743 |
| 1930s | 305 | #888 (1939) | #1,268 |
| 1940s | 910 | #598 (1944) | #681 |
| 1950s | 813 | #731 (1953) | #814 |
| 1960s | 577 | #855 (1961) | #1,022 |
| 1970s | 471 | #1,069 (1972) | #1,280 |
| 1980s | 287 | #1,764 (1985) | #2,028 |
| 1990s | 212 | #2,255 (1990) | #3,507 |
| 2000s | 92 | #4,785 (2000) | #7,104 |
| 2010s | 79 | #5,540 (2018) | #8,767 |
| 2020s | 80 | #4,886 (2023) | #6,578 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Woody in 1937
Top girls' names in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
girls
1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 212,807 of them was named Woody, which outranked 13.7% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 675 names at #4,255; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 28,829 of them was named Woody, which outranked 73.7% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,031Rueben38
- #1,031Sherwin38
- #1,031Trinidad38
- #1,056Woody37
- #1,056Addison37
- #1,056Benson37
- #1,056Cleon37
- #1,074Aldo36
- #1,074Brendan36
- #1,074Claire36
Tied with 17 names at #1,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.