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“Variant of Wood” — English (from Wood) origin
Boy's name · #1476 in the US (2025) · Trending
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. It is also an American family name — about 177,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data.
Around the world: about 1 in 20,000 boys in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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