Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Woody

Gender

Male

Origin

American
From The Name Woods

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Woody

Pronunciation

wo(o)-dy

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1946 (rank #599, 116 births); most recent 2025 (rank #7679, 10 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1948 (rank #5244, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202510–
202411–
202320–
202217–
202112–
20208–
20197–
201816–
20175–
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #347, 129 births); most recent 2025 (rank #396, 103 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025103
202495
2023100
2022114
2021126
2020129
2019122
2018111
2017107
2016113

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1992 (rank #1367, 10 births); most recent 2022 (rank #4262, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
20224
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20176
2016–
20153
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #603, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20214
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #433, 7 births); most recent 2025 (rank #762, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
20253
2024–
20234
20223
20213
20203
20193
20187
20175
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #398, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence