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 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#376 · 1 in 4,984
- Alabama#433 · 1 in 6,481
- Virginia#482 · 1 in 8,680
- Texas#615 · 1 in 9,303
- Illinois#647 · 1 in 21,576
Best ever in a state: #205 in New Mexico, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #376 | 11 | 1 in 4,984 |
| Alabama | #433 | 6 | 1 in 6,481 |
| Virginia | #482 | 5 | 1 in 8,680 |
| Texas | #615 | 13 | 1 in 9,303 |
| Illinois | #647 | 5 | 1 in 21,576 |
| California | #757 | 7 | 1 in 22,629 |
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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 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 25,431 of them was named Woody, which outranked 81.5% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).