How Many People Are Named Woody?
people named Woody are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 129,857 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,246 babies named Woody in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
116 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Either a diminutive of WOODROW, or else from a nickname derived from the English word wood. A famous bearer is film director Woody Allen (1935-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Woody in English. Counting Woody and these spellings together, about 3,344 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Woody (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Woody alive today is about 56 years old, and 51% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 43 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Woody first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1946, to 116 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Woody has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #600, in 1944 and 1946. In 2025 it ranked #8,216.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,216 |
| Best rank | #600 (1944 and 1946) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #680 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Woody alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Woody were born in Texas than in any other state: about 206 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Woody was given 5.3 times as often in North Carolina, 4.6 times in Texas and 3.2 times in Tennessee.
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