Koda

What Koda means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,035 in 2015, #410 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Koda?

US: Rising: up from #1035 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3908 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 778 boys got the name (#410 that year). First in the US records in 1984.

How common

• About 1 in 2,195 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,856 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 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 (5.5 per 1,000 boys), HI (2.74 per 1,000 boys), AK (2.2 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Koda is #410 in the US and #650 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 90.7% of US babies named Koda were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Cody1,076 US · 504 E&W
• Kody202 US · 73 E&W
• Kodi89 US · 37 E&W
• Kota87 US
• Coda49 US · 3 E&W
• Kodah44 US
• Codi11 US · 10 E&W
• Codah14 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 Koda

Boys

• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Kayson#264Variant of Cason, meaning “house”^*

For a sister

• Lennon#214“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”^*
• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025
• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Koda’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.