NameTides

Bodhi

Bodhi was the #265 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,301 babies), and #115 in England & Wales and #395 in Canada.

Bodhi as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Bodhi as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandIrelandUSCanada
Bodhi as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#265 (1,301)#115 (470)#166 (26)#169 (13)#165 (30)#395 (82)#63 (127)#83 (88)
2024#301 (1,117)#97 (561)#218 (19)#164 (13)#214 (22)#287 (115)#61 (123)#96 (82)
2023#294 (1,126)#100 (532)#174 (26)#161 (14)#166 (31)#358 (84)#89 (91)—
2022#300 (1,125)#108 (513)#217 (19)#107 (24)#184 (28)#250 (133)#86 (102)—
2021#284 (1,220)#140 (404)#297 (13)#266 (7)#232 (21)#222 (153)#80 (118)#95 (76)
2020#295 (1,153)#152 (357)#372 (9)#334 (4)#261 (18)#249 (132)#85 (106)#83 (87)
2019#300 (1,133)#192 (271)#355 (9)#242 (8)#402 (9)#259 (134)#78 (111)—
2018#312 (1,090)#188 (282)#275 (14)#283 (6)#262 (18)#215 (168)#93 (94)—
2017#300 (1,173)#156 (370)#333 (11)#279 (6)#250 (20)#230 (158)#90 (98)—
2016#361 (921)#225 (248)#401 (8)#421 (3)#412 (8)#268 (133)——
2015#498 (585)#305 (152)#686 (3)—#503 (6)#360 (86)——
2014#612 (436)#355 (118)#533 (5)—#609 (4)#531 (52)——
2013#806 (271)#637 (53)——#711 (3)#836 (28)——
2012#880 (238)#634 (55)#669 (3)—#718 (3)#1,065 (19)——
2011#919 (219)#944 (30)#648 (3)——#845 (26)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #265.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 580common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 760common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 640common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 790common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Bodhi is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bodhi by state, 2025Alaska: #143AKMaine: #151MEWisconsin: #231WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #145NHWashington: #120WAIdaho: #125IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #263MNIllinois: #400ILMichigan: #264MINew York: #545NYMassachusetts: #208MAOregon: #135ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #167IAIndiana: #219INOhio: #208OHPennsylvania: #239PANew Jersey: #363NJConnecticut: #173CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #231CAUtah: #198UTColorado: #178CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #158MOKentucky: #236KYWest Virginia: #200WVVirginia: #280VAMaryland: #319MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #308AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #219KSArkansas: #247ARTennessee: #325TNNorth Carolina: #295NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #252OKLouisiana: #337LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #440GAHawaii: #90HITexas: #439TXFlorida: #279FL
Bodhi (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#30644

Bodhi (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
BodhiCanadaGirls—too few
BodhiCanadaBoys#39582
BodhiEngland & WalesGirls#1,63918
BodhiEngland & WalesBoys#115470
BodhiIrelandGirls#8853
BodhiIrelandBoys#16530
BodhíIrelandBoys—too few
BodhiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BodhiNorthern IrelandBoys#16913
BodhiNSWBoys#63127
BodhiScotlandGirls—too few
BodhiScotlandBoys#16626
BodhiUSGirls#4,54630
BodhiUSBoys#2651,301
BodhiVICBoys#8388