Bohdi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BOH-dee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,102 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,366 for boys
Bohdi is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “awakening, enlightenment”. In 2025 it ranked 1,102nd for boys in the UK (29 babies) and 1,366th for boys in the US (136 babies).
What does Bohdi mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Bodhi
“awakening, enlightenment”
Is Bohdi a girl's or a boy's name?
Bohdi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the UK and 136 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bohdi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,102among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 239% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were named Bohdi, making it the 1,102nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 39 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bohdi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 665 boys in the UK were given Bohdi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #95, up from #1,102 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Bohdi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,102 |
| 2024 | 37 | #923 |
| 2023 | 39 | #892 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,024 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Bohdi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,366among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 136about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 129% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 136 boys in the US were named Bohdi, making it the 1,366th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had the most boys named Bohdi of any year since it first appeared, in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Bohdi in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,357 boys in the US were given Bohdi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #118, up from #1,366 for this spelling alone.
Bohdi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 136 | #1,366 |
| 2024 | 81 | #1,938 |
| 2023 | 87 | #1,832 |
| 2022 | 74 | #2,038 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,320 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2018 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 2017 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Bohdi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Obi Shivansh Arjan Yahya Vihaan Avyaan Ayaan Ravi Ruairi Musa Avi
Other spellings of Bohdi
More Sanskrit names
Maya Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veer Veda India Avani
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, “Bohdi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bohdi, updated 20 October 2026.