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Woody

Gender
Boy
Say it
WUUD-ee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#421 for boys
US rank, 2025
#7,675 for boys

Woody is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “of the wood”. In 2025 it ranked 421st for boys in the UK (106 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).

What does Woody mean?

English: pet form of Woodrow and similar names

“of the wood”

A pet form of Woodrow and similar names; Woody is the cowboy toy in Pixar's Toy Story films.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Woody a girl's or a boy's name?

Woody is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 106 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Woody in the UK?

Rank in 2025
421st among boys
Babies in 2025
106 about 1 in 2,800 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 106 boys in the UK were named Woody, making it the 421st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 375th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 132 boys.

Half of all the boys named Woody in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 396th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1999Busiest: 132 in 20202025
Woody in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025106#421
202495#470
2023104#432
2022117#404
2021129#378
2020132#375
2019125#391
2018118#407
2017112#431
2016113#422
2015102#448
2014107#428
201384#510
201290#484
201178#510
201079#496
200960#606
200862#592
200766#538
200669#502
200542#689
200446#607
200344#582
200231#692
200114#1,149
20004#2,612
19993#3,043

How popular is Woody in the US?

Rank in 2025
7,675th among boys
Babies in 2025
10 about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Woody, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1946, with 116 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.

2025 had fewer boys named Woody than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Woody in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.

1882Busiest: 116 in 19462025
Woody in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202510#7,675
202411#7,252
202320#4,882
202217#5,441
202112#6,693
202010#7,497
20197#9,750
201816#5,536
20175#12,241
20160–
20156#10,638
201410#7,557
20139#8,113
20129#8,152
20119#8,072
20108#8,797
20098#8,980
20089#8,319
20070–
20069#7,992
200514#5,572
200410#6,970
20038#7,824
200210#6,515
20019#6,928
200015#4,779
199918#3,981
19989#6,308
199713#4,663
199620#3,400
199524#2,918
199419#3,463
199327#2,635
199222#2,993
199129#2,400
199031#2,250
198934#2,062
198828#2,192
198726#2,211
198631#1,915
198534#1,763
198427#1,978
198320#2,407
198226#2,058
198132#1,765
198029#1,910
197934#1,670
197847#1,326
197765#1,071
197643#1,346
197539#1,407
197445#1,244
197336#1,400
197257#1,069
197153#1,127
197052#1,142
196941#1,231
196845#1,119
196737#1,230
196643#1,131
196556#986
196456#1,006
196373#875
196272#895
196180#854
196074#885
195978#863
195865#943
195783#830
195684#817
195581#811
195472#862
195396#730
195286#760
195183#765
195085#746
194984#748
194877#773
1947109#661
1946116#599
1945101#603
1944105#598
194397#647
194270#770
194183#671
194068#741
193949#888
193840#1,009
193737#1,056
193624#1,356
193535#1,098
193424#1,386
193335#1,103
193220#1,584
193119#1,643
193022#1,559
192927#1,378
192822#1,611
192722#1,647
192624#1,515
192517#1,934
192421#1,727
192315#2,122
192222#1,644
192115#2,151
192021#1,694
19196#3,735
191826#1,403
191728#1,291
191623#1,458
191521#1,504
191417#1,491
191314#1,440
191215#1,223
19115#1,739
19105#1,588
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19045#1,204
19030–
19020–
19010–
19007#1,049
18990–
18980–
18975#1,056
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18890–
18880–
18870–
18867#758
18850–
18848#701
18837#720
18825#942

Names like Woody

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Stanley, Teddy, Tommy, Bobby, Freddie, Rudy, Frankie, Sidney, Sonny, Johnny, Wilfred, Jimmy

Names related to Woody

Wood

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Woody: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/woody, updated 20 October 2026.