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Cody

Gender
Boy
Say it
KOH-dee
Origin
Irish
UK rank, 2025
#96 for boys
US rank, 2025
#318 for boys

Cody is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 96th for boys in the UK (604 babies) and 318th for boys in the US (1,076 babies).

What does Cody mean?

Irish: from an Irish surname with more than one source

Buffalo Bill Cody, the American showman of Wild West fame, is the best-known bearer of the surname.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Cody a girl's or a boy's name?

Cody is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 604 boys in the UK and 22 girls and 1,076 boys in the US.

How popular is Cody in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#96among boys
Babies in 2025
604about 1 in 500 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 26% in five years
Same name in a class
2.8%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 604 boys in the UK were named Cody, making it the 96th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 123rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 672 boys. 3 girls were also named Cody in 2025 (5,990th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Cody in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 1996, 74% of the babies named Cody in the UK were girls. By 2025 it was under 1%, with more boys than girls since 1999.

Among boys in 2025, it was 102nd in England and Wales, 70th in Scotland and 77th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 672 in 20112025
Cody in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025604#96
2024591#105
2023602#100
2022608#102
2021540#123
2020514#123
2019478#133
2018439#150
2017516#128
2016590#120
2015654#112
2014631#113
2013588#116
2012631#115
2011672#110
2010643#115
2009657#108
2008647#106
2007607#113
2006556#117
2005530#120
2004369#145
2003239#181
2002184#201
2001149#233
2000125#260
1999114#282
199878#348
199768#384
199644#470

How popular is Cody in the US?

Rank in 2025
#318among boys
Babies in 2025
1,076about 1 in 1,600 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 7% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,076 boys in the US were named Cody, making it the 318th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 297th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 19,876 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884. 22 girls were also named Cody in 2025 (5,553rd for girls).

Half of all the boys named Cody in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.

1884Busiest: 19,876 in 19922025
Cody in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,076#318
20241,168#289
20231,086#304
20221,115#302
20211,076#312
20201,133#297
20191,212#285
20181,254#280
20171,298#278
20161,409#255
20151,596#237
20141,748#219
20131,758#214
20122,011#188
20112,177#173
20102,447#157
20093,006#135
20083,509#123
20073,562#120
20064,106#105
20054,529#96
20045,125#84
20035,400#78
20025,939#71
20016,575#64
20007,132#60
19997,864#45
19988,810#43
199710,296#36
199612,954#31
199515,566#26
199417,589#25
199319,152#24
199219,876#24
199118,980#24
199015,399#31
198910,823#45
198810,583#43
19878,675#49
19866,934#56
19857,096#52
19845,209#62
19833,505#81
19823,180#95
19812,328#119
19801,956#143
19791,851#147
19781,683#152
19771,266#183
19761,098#200
1975899#227
1974800#251
1973651#283
1972484#352
1971410#401
1970381#418
1969255#479
1968210#524
1967194#533
1966159#595
1965167#589
1964191#572
1963175#594
1962141#651
1961113#719
196088#812
195987#816
195895#760
195780#841
195673#873
195575#846
195474#841
195362#907
195267#849
195154#948
195042#1,085
194931#1,296
194843#1,078
194733#1,270
194628#1,326
194527#1,269
194429#1,235
194323#1,460
194218#1,682
194123#1,411
194019#1,573
193920#1,489
193821#1,476
193722#1,444
193623#1,384
193513#2,029
193423#1,425
193317#1,707
193215#1,922
193125#1,394
193020#1,644
192912#2,316
192817#1,902
192717#1,959
192619#1,787
19258#3,153
192418#1,894
192328#1,385
192222#1,644
192128#1,412
192024#1,543
191923#1,530
191824#1,498
191726#1,362
191618#1,697
191515#1,877
191413#1,771
19139#1,944
191213#1,352
19117#1,386
19108#1,192
19096#1,277
19080–
19070–
19065#1,252
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18996#927
18980–
18975#1,056
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18896#878
18887#815
18870–
18860–
18850–
18845#971

Names like Cody

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Brody Casey Finn Logan Kody Rory Aiden Kian Ryan Rian Conan Riley

Other spellings of Cody

Codi Codie Codey Coady

Names related to Cody

Coda

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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, “Cody: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cody, updated 20 October 2026.