NameTides

Bode

Bode was the #748 boys' name in the US in 2025 (347 babies), and #1,798 in England & Wales and #1,642 in Canada.

Bode as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Bode as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Bode as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#748 (347)#1,798 (14)#1,642 (13)
2024#806 (313)#1,758 (14)#1,205 (19)
2023#1,007 (218)#2,161 (10)#1,592 (12)
2022#959 (236)#2,019 (11)#1,653 (11)
2021#824 (290)#2,493 (8)#1,898 (9)
2020#821 (280)#2,960 (6)#1,176 (18)
2019#957 (223)#3,937 (4)#1,835 (9)
2018#922 (231)#2,693 (7)#1,983 (8)
2017#1,121 (171)#4,812 (3)#2,010 (8)
2016#1,006 (203)#4,023 (4)#1,683 (10)
2015#850 (264)#2,319 (9)#1,577 (11)
2014#782 (295)#2,079 (10)#1,465 (12)
2013#1,427 (116)#3,315 (5)—
2012#1,111 (166)—#2,158 (7)
2011#1,010 (191)#2,892 (6)#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #748.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1998.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bode is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,500 to 1 in 7,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bode by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #157NHWashington: #639WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #392MNIllinois: #485ILMichigan: #540MINew York: #914NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #545INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #489PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #884CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #441CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #450KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,250TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Bode (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,03310

Bode (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BodeCanadaBoys#1,64213
BodeEngland & WalesBoys#1,79814
BodeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BodeUSBoys#748347