Koda
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KO-da
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #660 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #410 for boys
Koda is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 660th for boys in the UK (61 babies) and 410th for boys in the US (778 babies).
What does Koda mean?
Modern: 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.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Koda a girl's or a boy's name?
Koda is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 61 boys in the UK and 80 girls and 778 boys in the US.
How popular is Koda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #660among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 4,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 218% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 61 boys in the UK were named Koda, making it the 660th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th.
2025 had the most boys named Koda of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Koda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 650th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Koda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #660 |
| 2024 | 52 | #738 |
| 2023 | 46 | #794 |
| 2022 | 48 | #762 |
| 2021 | 35 | #960 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Koda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #410among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 778about 1 in 2,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 778 boys in the US were named Koda, making it the 410th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 588th. It first appears in the records in 1984. 80 girls were also named Koda in 2025 (2,276th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Koda of any year since it first appeared, in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Koda in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 845 boys in the US were given Koda or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #392, up from #410 for this spelling alone.
Koda in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 778 | #410 |
| 2024 | 667 | #464 |
| 2023 | 777 | #411 |
| 2022 | 659 | #467 |
| 2021 | 566 | #519 |
| 2020 | 470 | #588 |
| 2019 | 426 | #633 |
| 2018 | 344 | #703 |
| 2017 | 252 | #864 |
| 2016 | 229 | #927 |
| 2015 | 195 | #1,035 |
| 2014 | 164 | #1,153 |
| 2013 | 149 | #1,203 |
| 2012 | 132 | #1,304 |
| 2011 | 117 | #1,411 |
| 2010 | 99 | #1,588 |
| 2009 | 111 | #1,496 |
| 2008 | 96 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 97 | #1,607 |
| 2006 | 85 | #1,669 |
| 2005 | 119 | #1,288 |
| 2004 | 182 | #929 |
| 2003 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
Names like Koda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Finn Ronan Brody Kian Rowan Lochlan Aiden Callan Kody Conan Renley
Other spellings of Koda
Names related to Koda
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Koda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/koda, updated 20 October 2026.