Woody
Woody is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 600th, in 1944, 1946.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1946116 births
- Best rank
- #600first in 1944
- Since 1882
- 4,224people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,224 boys have been named Woody in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1946, with 116 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1940s alone account for 22%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Woody | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 12 | |
| 1910s | 160 | |
| 1920s | 206 | |
| 1930s | 305 | |
| 1940s | 910 | |
| 1950s | 813 | |
| 1960s | 577 | |
| 1970s | 471 | |
| 1980s | 287 | |
| 1990s | 212 | |
| 2000s | 92 | |
| 2010s | 79 | |
| 2020s | 68 |
In 1946, its biggest year
Woody was the 600th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1946 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1946.
Names that rose and fell with Woody
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Denispeak 1952
- Johnnypeak 1947
- Erniepeak 1959
- Sammypeak 1947
- Allanpeak 1947
- Melpeak 1958
- Douglasspeak 1970
- Waynepeak 1947
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.