Cody

Cody was the #318 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,076 babies), and #102 in England & Wales and #362 in Canada.

Cody as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Cody 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Cody 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.051015201880192019602000
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#318 (1,076)#102 (504)#70 (69)#77 (31)#90 (64)#362 (91)——
2024#289 (1,168)#107 (498)#80 (64)#81 (29)#88 (63)#365 (90)——
2023#304 (1,086)#103 (510)#76 (67)#98 (25)#102 (57)#355 (85)——
2022#302 (1,115)#111 (501)#69 (79)#91 (28)#97 (65)#376 (81)——
2021#312 (1,076)#126 (449)#97 (61)#94 (30)#104 (61)#339 (99)——
2020#297 (1,133)#129 (420)#84 (69)#106 (25)#101 (60)#326 (99)——
2019#285 (1,212)#149 (378)#90 (67)#90 (33)#126 (51)#352 (89)——
2018#280 (1,254)#153 (368)#112 (55)#151 (16)#128 (49)#379 (81)——
2017#278 (1,298)#138 (432)#97 (62)#124 (22)#156 (38)#316 (105)——
2016#255 (1,409)#126 (491)#92 (72)#112 (27)#131 (50)#311 (111)——
2015#237 (1,596)#116 (546)#88 (76)#95 (32)#120 (57)#280 (122)——
2014#219 (1,748)#113 (541)#99 (71)#145 (19)#129 (50)#276 (125)——
2013#214 (1,758)#123 (494)#85 (76)#146 (18)#147 (43)#241 (144)——
2012#188 (2,011)#123 (526)#93 (74)#101 (31)#131 (55)#233 (152)——
2011#173 (2,177)#115 (566)#93 (72)#90 (34)#163 (43)#208 (167)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1992 at #24.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1884.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 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 1,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 540common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 280common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 270common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 370common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Cody is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,400 to 1 in 1,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cody by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #273WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #206NHWashington: #301WAIdaho: #143IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #263MNIllinois: #325ILMichigan: #363MINew York: #330NYMassachusetts: #274MAOregon: #326ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: #89WYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #512INOhio: #326OHPennsylvania: #280PANew Jersey: #251NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: #200RICalifornia: #263CAUtah: #206UTColorado: #237CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #419MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #316VAMaryland: #364MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #260AZNew Mexico: #213NMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #273ARTennessee: #311TNNorth Carolina: #320NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #220OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #464GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #323TXFlorida: #327FL
Cody (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
Quebec2025#24121
Ontario2024#45827

Cody (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
CodyCanadaGirls—too few
CodyCanadaBoys#36291
CodyEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
CodyEngland & WalesBoys#102504
CodyIrelandGirls—too few
CodyIrelandBoys#9064
CodyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CodyNorthern IrelandBoys#7731
CodyNSWBoys—too few
CodyScotlandGirls—too few
CodyScotlandBoys#7069
CodyUSGirls#5,55422
CodyUSBoys#3181,076
CodyVICBoys—too few