Coady
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOH-dee
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Coady is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Coady mean?
Irish: spelling variant of Cody
Cody comes from Irish surnames; the showman William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody made it famous.
Is Coady a girl's or a boy's name?
Coady is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Coady in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Coady, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Coady in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 634 boys in the UK were given Coady or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #102, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Coady in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
Names like Coady
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kody Conan Brody Conlan Connla Keegan Conn Caelan Brogan Brayden Finn Caoimhin
Other spellings of Coady
Names related to Coady
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy Callan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Coady: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/coady, updated 20 October 2026.