Woods

Origin: Variant of Wood (from English (from Wood))

Boy's name · #1476 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Woods is climbing: on the charts since 1912, it reached #1476 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 120 boys given the name last year. Roughly 690 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,533 in Canada (2024).

Famous Woodses

Woods Hutchinson — English physician

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 177,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Tiger Woods — American golfer
James Woods — American actor
Zach Woods — American actor

Similar names: Calloway · Woodson · Whitley · Kross · Lux · Ames

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