girls:
5 births since 2023
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
472 births since 1912
#4114 (10th percentile)
overall:
477 births since 1912
#7262 (6th percentile)
The name Woods is the #7,262 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 477 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 6.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,114 (10.2% percentile) for all time with 472 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2023.
Woods first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 2023 for girls). Birth data for Woods is available in 19 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (19 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Woods has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.0% of babies named Woods were boys.
For boys, Woods reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 9.0% percentile (ranked #841) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 47 births per million (ranked 9.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Woods ranks #838 for boys (8.0% percentile) with 43 births per million, which is 90.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Woods reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #947) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Currently, Woods is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #947 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Woods".
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