# Woody (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/woody/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwʊdi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,246 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,236 / 10 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,054, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Woodrow + -y.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 5 | 4,918 |
| 1948 | 5 | 6,028 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 9,652 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8,731 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,830 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,746 |
| 2014 | 10 | 8,095 |
| 2015 | 6 | 12,029 |
| 2017 | 5 | 14,155 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,756 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,756 |
| 2020 | 10 | 8,023 |
| 2021 | 12 | 7,070 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,619 |
| 2023 | 20 | 5,058 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,730 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8,220 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74 | 490 |
| 2012 | 85 | 466 |
| 2013 | 83 | 464 |
| 2014 | 99 | 409 |
| 2015 | 98 | 420 |
| 2016 | 113 | 391 |
| 2017 | 107 | 409 |
| 2018 | 111 | 391 |
| 2019 | 122 | 362 |
| 2020 | 129 | 347 |
| 2021 | 126 | 356 |
| 2022 | 114 | 371 |
| 2023 | 100 | 396 |
| 2024 | 95 | 422 |
| 2025 | 103 | 396 |

## People named Woody

- Woody Allen, American filmmaker, actor and comedian (born 1935)
- Woody Harrelson, American actor (born 1961)
- Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)
- Woody Strode, American athlete and actor (1914–1994)
- Woody Shaw, American musician (1944-1989)
- Woody Johnson, American businessman, ambassador
- Woody Bledsoe, American mathematician and computer scientist (1921–1995)
- Woody Norman, British actor
- Dan Woodgate, English drummer, songwriter, composer and record producer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.