Codey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOH-dee
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Codey is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Codey mean?
Irish: spelling of Cody, an Irish surname
A spelling of Cody, the surname of the Wild West showman Buffalo Bill Cody.
Is Codey a girl's or a boy's name?
Codey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Codey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Codey, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2012, with 74 boys.
Half of all the boys named Codey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 634 boys in the UK were given Codey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #102, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
In 1997, 57% of the babies named Codey in the UK were girls. By 2010 it was 2%, with more boys than girls since 2003.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Codey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,367 |
| 2014 | 35 | #925 |
| 2013 | 39 | #860 |
| 2012 | 74 | #549 |
| 2011 | 45 | #773 |
| 2010 | 48 | #717 |
| 2009 | 62 | #591 |
| 2008 | 37 | #837 |
| 2007 | 56 | #606 |
| 2006 | 38 | #755 |
| 2005 | 34 | #796 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,040 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,163 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Codey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Codey, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 230 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Codey in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,102 boys in the US were given Codey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #317, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Codey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2007 | 49 | #2,533 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,036 |
| 2005 | 51 | #2,293 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,071 |
| 2003 | 67 | #1,778 |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,343 |
| 2001 | 70 | #1,655 |
| 2000 | 107 | #1,238 |
| 1999 | 102 | #1,225 |
| 1998 | 109 | #1,143 |
| 1997 | 142 | #946 |
| 1996 | 184 | #787 |
| 1995 | 198 | #761 |
| 1994 | 222 | #697 |
| 1993 | 228 | #680 |
| 1992 | 230 | #680 |
| 1991 | 206 | #701 |
| 1990 | 161 | #795 |
| 1989 | 126 | #899 |
| 1988 | 130 | #831 |
| 1987 | 89 | #1,003 |
| 1986 | 66 | #1,160 |
| 1985 | 40 | #1,593 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
Names like Codey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Conan Kody Brody Keegan Conlan Aiden Finn Brayden Brogan Caelan Kian Kayden
Other spellings of Codey
Names related to Codey
More Irish names
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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, “Codey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/codey, updated 20 October 2026.