Woods
Boy · WOODZ · English
Woods is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “woods, forest”. In 2025 it ranked 1,466th for boys in the US (121 babies).
What does Woods mean?
English: English surname
“woods, forest”
An English surname for someone who lived in or near woodland.
- Say it
- WOODZ
Is Woods a girl's or a boy's name?
Woods is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 121 boys in the US.
How popular is Woods in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,466among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 121about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 160% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 121 boys in the US were named Woods, making it the 1,466th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. It first appears in the records in 1912. 6 girls were also named Woods in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Woods of any year since it first appeared, in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Woods in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Woods in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 121 | #1,466 |
| 2024 | 94 | #1,752 |
| 2023 | 79 | #1,953 |
| 2022 | 88 | #1,826 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,192 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Nicknames for Woods
- Woody 106 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Woods
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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