Kodiak
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOH-dee-ak
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Kodiak is a boys' name of Native American origin, meaning “island”. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Kodiak mean?
Native American: from Kodiak Island, Alaska, probably from Alutiiq qikertaq
“island”
Kodiak Island is home to the Kodiak bear, the largest kind of brown bear.
Is Kodiak a girl's or a boy's name?
Kodiak is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kodiak in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,847th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Kodiak, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Kodiak in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kodiak in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,015 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Nicknames for Kodiak
- Kody 83 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kodiak
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Finnegan, Killian, Kian, Keegan, Brayden, Aiden, Declan, Kenai, Finn, Ronan, Deacon
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota, Wynonna
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, “Kodiak: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kodiak, updated 20 October 2026.