Meaning not yet researched.
Woody: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 10 in 2025. Its best rank was #600 in 1946.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #600 in 1946; #8,220 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Woody in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#8,220 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1946, at #600.
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Woody: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 10 boys in 2025. Peak: #600 in 1946 · most boys in one year: 116 (1946).
In 2025, 10 US boys were named Woody, making it the 8,220th most common boys’ name of the year, down 490 places from #7,730 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 11 boys named Woody in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #600, reached in 1946. That year also had the most boys given the name: 116. For comparison, it was #12,029 in 2015 and #749 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Woody in 121 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 4,246 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 915 babies named Woody.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 108 US boys were named Woody; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 20. In 2025 that was about 1 in 170,808 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Woodrow (39,246 babies since 1880) and Woodie (2,262 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Woody in the open dataset we use.
Woody is listed as a nickname for Elwood, Woodrow.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 10 | #8,220 |
| 2024 | — | — | 11 | #7,730 |
| 2023 | — | — | 20 | #5,058 |
| 2022 | — | — | 17 | #5,619 |
| 2021 | — | — | 12 | #7,070 |
| 2020 | — | — | 10 | #8,023 |
| 2019 | — | — | 7 | #10,756 |
| 2018 | — | — | 16 | #5,756 |
| 2017 | — | — | 5 | #14,155 |
| 2015 | — | — | 6 | #12,029 |
| 2014 | — | — | 10 | #8,095 |
| 2013 | — | — | 9 | #8,746 |
| 2012 | — | — | 9 | #8,830 |
| 2011 | — | — | 9 | #8,731 |
| 2010 | — | — | 8 | #9,652 |
| 2009 | — | — | 8 | #9,826 |
| 2008 | — | — | 9 | #8,989 |
| 2006 | — | — | 9 | #8,690 |
| 2005 | — | — | 14 | #5,862 |
| 2004 | — | — | 10 | #7,514 |
| 2003 | — | — | 8 | #8,609 |
| 2002 | — | — | 10 | #7,024 |
| 2001 | — | — | 9 | #7,506 |
| 2000 | — | — | 15 | #5,036 |
| 1999 | — | — | 18 | #4,159 |
| 1998 | — | — | 9 | #6,823 |
| 1997 | — | — | 13 | #4,950 |
| 1996 | — | — | 20 | #3,546 |
| 1995 | — | — | 24 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | — | — | 19 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | — | — | 27 | #2,692 |
| 1992 | — | — | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1991 | — | — | 29 | #2,467 |
| 1990 | — | — | 31 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | — | — | 34 | #2,104 |
| 1988 | — | — | 28 | #2,254 |
| 1987 | — | — | 26 | #2,271 |
| 1986 | — | — | 31 | #1,959 |
| 1985 | — | — | 34 | #1,793 |
| 1984 | — | — | 27 | #2,033 |
| 1983 | — | — | 20 | #2,491 |
| 1982 | — | — | 26 | #2,109 |
| 1981 | — | — | 32 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | — | — | 29 | #1,964 |
| 1979 | — | — | 34 | #1,710 |
| 1978 | — | — | 47 | #1,351 |
| 1977 | — | — | 65 | #1,078 |
| 1976 | — | — | 43 | #1,372 |
| 1975 | — | — | 39 | #1,426 |
| 1974 | — | — | 45 | #1,268 |
| 1973 | — | — | 36 | #1,433 |
| 1972 | — | — | 57 | #1,082 |
| 1971 | — | — | 53 | #1,137 |
| 1970 | — | — | 52 | #1,158 |
| 1969 | — | — | 41 | #1,251 |
| 1968 | — | — | 45 | #1,130 |
| 1967 | — | — | 37 | #1,252 |
| 1966 | — | — | 43 | #1,147 |
| 1965 | — | — | 56 | #995 |
| 1964 | — | — | 56 | #1,015 |
| 1963 | — | — | 73 | #879 |
| 1962 | — | — | 72 | #900 |
| 1961 | — | — | 80 | #857 |
| 1960 | — | — | 74 | #890 |
| 1959 | — | — | 78 | #870 |
| 1958 | — | — | 65 | #949 |
| 1957 | — | — | 83 | #834 |
| 1956 | — | — | 84 | #819 |
| 1955 | — | — | 81 | #817 |
| 1954 | — | — | 72 | #867 |
| 1953 | — | — | 96 | #734 |
| 1952 | — | — | 86 | #762 |
| 1951 | — | — | 83 | #774 |
| 1950 | — | — | 85 | #749 |
| 1949 | — | — | 84 | #753 |
| 1948 | 5 | #6,028 | 77 | #782 |
| 1947 | — | — | 109 | #662 |
| 1946 | — | — | 116 | #600 |
| 1945 | — | — | 101 | #606 |
| 1944 | — | — | 105 | #600 |
| 1943 | — | — | 97 | #649 |
| 1942 | — | — | 70 | #776 |
| 1941 | — | — | 83 | #676 |
| 1940 | — | — | 68 | #749 |
| 1939 | — | — | 49 | #899 |
| 1938 | — | — | 40 | #1,029 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,918 | 37 | #1,072 |
| 1936 | — | — | 24 | #1,383 |
| 1935 | — | — | 35 | #1,122 |
| 1934 | — | — | 24 | #1,423 |
| 1933 | — | — | 35 | #1,122 |
| 1932 | — | — | 20 | #1,650 |
| 1931 | — | — | 19 | #1,692 |
| 1930 | — | — | 22 | #1,601 |
| 1929 | — | — | 27 | #1,411 |
| 1928 | — | — | 22 | #1,644 |
| 1927 | — | — | 22 | #1,691 |
| 1926 | — | — | 24 | #1,564 |
| 1925 | — | — | 17 | #2,008 |
| 1924 | — | — | 21 | #1,774 |
| 1923 | — | — | 15 | #2,222 |
| 1922 | — | — | 22 | #1,693 |
| 1921 | — | — | 15 | #2,263 |
| 1920 | — | — | 21 | #1,745 |
| 1919 | — | — | 6 | #4,163 |
| 1918 | — | — | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | — | — | 28 | #1,321 |
| 1916 | — | — | 23 | #1,503 |
| 1915 | — | — | 21 | #1,552 |
| 1914 | — | — | 17 | #1,544 |
| 1913 | — | — | 14 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | — | — | 15 | #1,265 |
| 1911 | — | — | 5 | #1,996 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,836 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,393 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,159 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,226 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #844 |
| 1884 | — | — | 8 | #762 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #798 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,097 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).