as a First Name
Pet form of Woodrow, now also used as an independent given name. It has been borne by the American folk singer Woody (Woodrow Wilson) Guthrie (1912–67) and the 1940s band leader Woody (Woodrow Charles) Herman (1913–87). The American film director and humorist Woody Allen was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg in 1935; he adopted the name Woody in honour of Woody Guthrie.
| 2,561st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,739
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Woody per capita
- 1945
- marked the height of its popularity
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