Bode
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BOH-dee
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #748 for boys
Bode is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 748th for boys in the US (347 babies).
Where does Bode come from?
Yoruba short form of names like Olabode; also a German surname
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bode a girl's or a boy's name?
Bode is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 347 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bode in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 117% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Bode, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bode in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 665 boys in the UK were given Bode or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #95, up from #1,859 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Bode in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Bode in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 748th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 347 about 1 in 4,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 347 boys in the US were named Bode, making it the 748th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 821st. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had the most boys named Bode of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Bode in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,357 boys in the US were given Bode or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #118, up from #748 for this spelling alone.
Bode in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 347 | #748 |
| 2024 | 313 | #806 |
| 2023 | 218 | #1,007 |
| 2022 | 236 | #959 |
| 2021 | 290 | #824 |
| 2020 | 280 | #821 |
| 2019 | 223 | #957 |
| 2018 | 231 | #922 |
| 2017 | 171 | #1,121 |
| 2016 | 203 | #1,006 |
| 2015 | 264 | #850 |
| 2014 | 295 | #782 |
| 2013 | 116 | #1,427 |
| 2012 | 166 | #1,111 |
| 2011 | 191 | #1,010 |
| 2010 | 287 | #773 |
| 2009 | 94 | #1,664 |
| 2008 | 105 | #1,532 |
| 2007 | 143 | #1,229 |
| 2006 | 235 | #856 |
| 2005 | 82 | #1,646 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 |
| 2003 | 60 | #1,932 |
| 2002 | 131 | #1,111 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
Names like Bode
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Boluwatife, Kobe, Oluwatamilore, Oluwademilade, Ayomide, Obi, Kwame, Achim, Ademide, Iremide, Tobechukwu, Kamsiyochukwu
Other spellings of Bode
Bodhi, Bodie, Bohdi, Bhodi, Bodi, Bhodie, Bodee, Bodey, Bohdie, Bowdy
Names related to Bode
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bode: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bode, updated 20 October 2026.