# Cody (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cody/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkoʊdi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Codes |
| Variant spellings | Cuddihy, Cuddy, Coady, Codi, Codie, Coty, Kody, Kodey |
| US babies named this | 297,177 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 292,009 / 5,168 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12,793, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 6,392 |
| 2012 | 22 | 5,949 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,527 |
| 2014 | 27 | 5,055 |
| 2015 | 24 | 5,506 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,337 |
| 2017 | 31 | 4,504 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,072 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,475 |
| 2020 | 26 | 4,915 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,121 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,351 |
| 2023 | 36 | 4,067 |
| 2024 | 27 | 4,925 |
| 2025 | 22 | 5,594 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,177 | 173 |
| 2012 | 2,011 | 188 |
| 2013 | 1,758 | 214 |
| 2014 | 1,748 | 219 |
| 2015 | 1,596 | 237 |
| 2016 | 1,409 | 255 |
| 2017 | 1,298 | 278 |
| 2018 | 1,254 | 280 |
| 2019 | 1,212 | 285 |
| 2020 | 1,133 | 297 |
| 2021 | 1,076 | 312 |
| 2022 | 1,115 | 302 |
| 2023 | 1,086 | 304 |
| 2024 | 1,168 | 289 |
| 2025 | 1,076 | 318 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 31 | 995 |
| 2009 | 16 | 1,668 |
| 2010 | 18 | 1,584 |
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 566 | 115 |
| 2012 | 526 | 123 |
| 2013 | 494 | 123 |
| 2014 | 541 | 113 |
| 2015 | 546 | 116 |
| 2016 | 491 | 126 |
| 2017 | 432 | 138 |
| 2018 | 368 | 153 |
| 2019 | 378 | 149 |
| 2020 | 420 | 129 |
| 2021 | 449 | 126 |
| 2022 | 501 | 111 |
| 2023 | 510 | 103 |
| 2024 | 498 | 107 |
| 2025 | 504 | 102 |

## People named Cody

- Cody Gakpo, Dutch association football player (born 1999)
- Cody Rhodes, American professional wrestler
- Cody Simpson, Australian singer
- Cody Christian, American actor
- Cody Linley, American actor
- Cody Cameron, American director and storyboard artist
- Cody Fern, Australian actor and filmmaker
- Cody Zeller, American basketball player (born 1992)
- Cody Walker, American actor
- Cody Garbrandt, American mixed martial artist (born 1991)
- Cody Horn, American actress
- Cody Kasch, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.