# Kody (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kody/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,641 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23,762 / 879 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,481, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern spelling variant of Cody.

## 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 | 15 | 8,008 |
| 2012 | 11 | 10,097 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,376 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,881 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8,235 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,806 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6,963 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,382 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,954 |
| 2020 | 16 | 7,080 |
| 2021 | 26 | 5,031 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,478 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6,291 |
| 2024 | 20 | 6,057 |
| 2025 | 19 | 6,231 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 372 | 629 |
| 2012 | 341 | 693 |
| 2013 | 324 | 721 |
| 2014 | 331 | 725 |
| 2015 | 310 | 770 |
| 2016 | 275 | 827 |
| 2017 | 270 | 826 |
| 2018 | 243 | 892 |
| 2019 | 271 | 832 |
| 2020 | 232 | 948 |
| 2021 | 227 | 979 |
| 2022 | 194 | 1,106 |
| 2023 | 222 | 994 |
| 2024 | 197 | 1,098 |
| 2025 | 202 | 1,070 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 1999 | 7 | 2,189 |
| 2000 | 6 | 2,416 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 10 | 1,784 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,530 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 510 |
| 2012 | 57 | 619 |
| 2013 | 57 | 603 |
| 2014 | 78 | 502 |
| 2015 | 64 | 577 |
| 2016 | 57 | 621 |
| 2017 | 68 | 568 |
| 2018 | 60 | 604 |
| 2019 | 64 | 582 |
| 2020 | 66 | 559 |
| 2021 | 71 | 543 |
| 2022 | 54 | 646 |
| 2023 | 68 | 556 |
| 2024 | 66 | 576 |
| 2025 | 73 | 529 |

## 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.