Bodhi

What Bodhi means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Bodhi yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Bodhi?

US: Rising: up from #498 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #305 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,301 boys got the name (#265 that year). First in the US records in 1976.

How common

• About 1 in 1,313 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 579 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 755 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (3.43 per 1,000 boys), AK (2.64 per 1,000 boys), SD (2.34 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Bodhi is #265 in the US and #115 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.7% of US babies named Bodhi were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Bodhi

Boys

• Kieran#389Editor’s note Up from #512 in 2015 to #389 in 2025 in the US
• Arjun#490Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 7 babies
• Ishaan#893Editor’s note Up from #918 in 2015 to #893 in 2025 in the US
• Aarav#710“sound; loud noise”^*
• Rohan#810“to ascend”^*
• Jay#392“victory”^*

For a sister

• Ila#718Editor’s note Up from #1,183 in 2015 to #718 in 2025 in the US
• Arya#158“noble, respectable”^*
• Avani#805“earth”^*
• Lila#186“lilac”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Anya#375Editor’s note Up from #550 in 2015 to #375 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Sanskrit & Indian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Bodhi’s. Rank is US 2025.