Codah
Boy · KO-da · Modern
Codah is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Codah mean?
Modern: spelling of Koda; modern name, sometimes treated as a short form of Dakota
Koda is the bear cub in Disney's Brother Bear (2003); it is also treated as a short form of Dakota.
- Say it
- KO-da
Meaning borrowed from Koda. More on Wiktionary.
Is Codah a girl's or a boy's name?
Codah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Codah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 318% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Codah, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 2018.
Half of all the boys named Codah in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 845 boys in the US were given Codah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #392, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
Codah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
Names like Codah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Codah
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