Woody

Where Woody comes from

Clipping of Woodrow + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Woody
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1935
    Woody Allen born
    American filmmaker, actor and comedian
  3. 1944
    Peak, #598
    105 babies named Woody — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1961
    Woody Harrelson born
    American actor
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,131.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Woodrow.
Namesakes
  • Woody Allen · American filmmaker, actor and comedian, born 1935
  • Woody Harrelson · American actor, born 1961
  • Woody Guthrie · American singer-songwriter, 1912–1967
  • Woody Strode · American athlete and actor, 1914–1994
  • Woody Shaw · American musician, 1944–1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.