Cody

What Cody means

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

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1992, with 19,876 babies; 1,076 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Cody?

US: Falling: down from #237 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #116 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1992, when 19,876 boys got the name (#24 that year). First in the US records in 1884.

How common

• About 1 in 1,587 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 540 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 285 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 WY (4.59 per 1,000 boys), ID (2.2 per 1,000 boys), ND (1.79 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Cody is #318 in the US and #102 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.0% of US babies named Cody were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Koda778 US · 56 E&W
• Kody202 US · 73 E&W
• Kodi89 US · 37 E&W
• Coda49 US · 3 E&W
• Codi11 US · 10 E&W
• Codah14 US
• Codey5 US · 6 E&W
• Coty9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Cody

Boys

• Taylor#683From the word “tailor”^*
• Scott#534Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1971, with 30,901 babies; 561 in 2025
• Corey#778possibly “troop, host, company”^*
• Douglas#807“black + stream”^*
• Mitchell#952Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 5,370 babies; 245 in 2025
• Travis#434“to cross over”^*

For a sister

• Tiffany#878Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1988, with 18,364 babies; 304 in 2025
• Kelsey#814Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #343 in 2015, #814 in 2025
• Kelly#851Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1977, with 18,234 babies; 319 in 2025
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Shelby#649Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1991, with 10,220 babies; 444 in 2025
• Holly#416“wood, clearing, meadow”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Cody’s. Rank is US 2025.