Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Woody

#1,946 most common boys' name of all time · #4,690 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#1,946
Rank overall
#4,690 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
4,246
Since 2016
108
Peak year
1946 #600
Best rank
#600 1944
Girls Boys peak 116/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Woody first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 10 10 #7,699
2024 — 11 11 #7,276
2023 — 20 20 #4,895
2022 — 17 17 #5,453
2021 — 12 12 #6,712
2020 — 10 10 #7,518
2019 — 7 7 #9,780
2018 — 16 16 #5,549
2017 — 5 5 #12,287
2015 — 6 6 #10,679
2014 — 10 10 #7,581
2013 — 9 9 #8,137
2012 — 9 9 #8,186
2011 — 9 9 #8,107
2010 — 8 8 #8,835
2009 — 8 8 #9,011
2008 — 9 9 #8,345
2006 — 9 9 #8,013
2005 — 14 14 #5,592
2004 — 10 10 #6,999
2003 — 8 8 #7,861
2002 — 10 10 #6,549
2001 — 9 9 #6,962
2000 — 15 15 #4,800
1999 — 18 18 #4,000
1998 — 9 9 #6,337
1997 — 13 13 #4,684
1996 — 20 20 #3,416
1995 — 24 24 #2,932
1994 — 19 19 #3,477
1993 — 27 27 #2,646
1992 — 22 22 #3,010
1991 — 29 29 #2,410
1990 — 31 31 #2,261
1989 — 34 34 #2,073
1988 — 28 28 #2,210
1987 — 26 26 #2,230
1986 — 31 31 #1,923
1985 — 34 34 #1,769
1984 — 27 27 #1,989
1983 — 20 20 #2,422
1982 — 26 26 #2,068
1981 — 32 32 #1,779
1980 — 29 29 #1,919
1979 — 34 34 #1,678
1978 — 47 47 #1,332
1977 — 65 65 #1,072
1976 — 43 43 #1,356
1975 — 39 39 #1,411
1974 — 45 45 #1,252
1973 — 36 36 #1,406
1972 — 57 57 #1,072
1971 — 53 53 #1,130
1970 — 52 52 #1,150
1969 — 41 41 #1,239
1968 — 45 45 #1,124
1967 — 37 37 #1,241
1966 — 43 43 #1,137
1965 — 56 56 #989
1964 — 56 56 #1,007
1963 — 73 73 #876
1962 — 72 72 #900
1961 — 80 80 #857
1960 — 74 74 #889
1959 — 78 78 #866
1958 — 65 65 #946
1957 — 83 83 #832
1956 — 84 84 #818
1955 — 81 81 #815
1954 — 72 72 #864
1953 — 96 96 #733
1952 — 86 86 #762
1951 — 83 83 #772
1950 — 85 85 #747
1949 — 84 84 #750
1948 5 77 82 #778
1947 — 109 109 #661
1946 — 116 116 #600
1945 — 101 101 #604
1944 — 105 105 #600
1943 — 97 97 #649
1942 — 70 70 #775
1941 — 83 83 #676
1940 — 68 68 #746
1939 — 49 49 #895
1938 — 40 40 #1,020
1937 5 37 42 #1,065
1936 — 24 24 #1,364
1935 — 35 35 #1,111
1934 — 24 24 #1,400
1933 — 35 35 #1,109
1932 — 20 20 #1,601
1931 — 19 19 #1,657
1930 — 22 22 #1,569
1929 — 27 27 #1,390
1928 — 22 22 #1,625
1927 — 22 22 #1,656
1926 — 24 24 #1,535
1925 — 17 17 #1,961
1924 — 21 21 #1,742
1923 — 15 15 #2,149
1922 — 22 22 #1,658
1921 — 15 15 #2,169
1920 — 21 21 #1,709
1919 — 6 6 #3,769
1918 — 26 26 #1,415
1917 — 28 28 #1,301
1916 — 23 23 #1,472
1915 — 21 21 #1,523
1914 — 17 17 #1,512
1913 — 14 14 #1,462
1912 — 15 15 #1,243
1911 — 5 5 #1,809
1910 — 5 5 #1,653
1904 — 5 5 #1,295
1900 — 7 7 #1,109
1897 — 5 5 #1,154
1886 — 7 7 #832
1884 — 8 8 #755
1883 — 7 7 #791
1882 — 5 5 #1,097