Is Woods a boy or girl name?

Woods is a boy’s name. Of the 699 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 1.6% were girls and 98.4% were boys.

Woods

Recorded 1912–2025 · United States

Woods was most popular in 2025, when 127 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,001 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,001, with 127 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 699 people named Woods.

Woods over time

Births per year. The dot marks Woods’s peak in 2025. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Woods a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Woods is a boy’s name — 1.6% of the 699 Americans given it were girls and 98.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 2% girls and 98% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org