Kodah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KO-da
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,832 for boys
Kodah is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
What does Kodah 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.
Meaning borrowed from Koda. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kodah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kodah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 44 boys in the US.
How popular is Kodah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,832nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44 about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Kodah, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003. 5 girls were also named Kodah in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kodah in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 845 boys in the US were given Kodah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #392, up from #2,832 for this spelling alone.
Kodah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Kodah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Kyaire, Rayden, Braylen, Raiden, Brecken, Kian, Finnegan, Kylan, Kyden, Declan, Ronan
Other spellings of Kodah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kodah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kodah, updated 20 October 2026.