Woods
Woods was the 1476th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 121 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,501 places. More babies were named Woods in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,476 boys, up 1,445 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 121boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025121 babies
- Total since 1880
- 699babies recorded
Woods popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 11 since 2023, 6 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,476 | 121 |
| 2020 | #2,921 | 41 |
| 2010 | #10,709 | 7 |
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How popular is Woods, counting every spelling?
Woods has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,395 for boys in 2025, against #1,476 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Woods?
121 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Woods (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Woods born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 69 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Woods.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Woods?
About 700 people born in the US named Woods are alive today, with a median age of 4; half are between 2 and 7. That makes Woods a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Woods by state
How common Woods was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in North Carolina (1.7×). In 39 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Woods: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Woods, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Woods
How popular is the name Woods?
Woods was the 1476th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 121 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,501 places. More babies were named Woods in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Woods a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Woods in the US.
Where is Woods most popular?
In 2021–2025, Woods was most common in South Carolina (0.13 per 1,000 boys), followed by Utah and North Carolina.