Wood
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WOOD
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Wood is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “wood, forest”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Wood mean?
English: English word and surname
“wood, forest”
An English surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.
Is Wood a girl's or a boy's name?
Wood is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wood in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Wood, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wood in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1941. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Wood in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Nicknames for Wood
- Woody 106 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Wood
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilson, West, Ford, Walter, William, Otto, George, Warren, Sam, Mack, Watson, Gus
Names related to Wood
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wood: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wood, updated 20 October 2026.