Bode

#748 for boys in 2025, 347 births

Peak · boys
2025 · 347 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,759
since 1998

Bode over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bode has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#748347
2024#806313
2023#1,007218
2022#959236
2021#824290
2020#821280
2019#957223
2018#922231
2017#1,121171
2016#1,006203
2015#850264
2014#782295
2013#1,427116
2012#1,111166
2011#1,010191
2010#773287
2009#1,66594
2008#1,532105
2007#1,229143
2006#856235
2005#1,64882
2004#2,13155
2003#1,93660
2002#1,112131
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1999#7,8747
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First appearance
1998

The first year at least five boys were named Bode! It came in at #6,843, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Bode is popular in 2016

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedNHWashington: #587 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,367 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #440 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,333 boysMNIllinois: #592 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 3,775 boysILWisconsin: #483 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,692 boysWIMichigan: #819 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,968 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: #639 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,906 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedRIOregon: #628 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,675 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedSDIowa: #498 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,539 boysIAIndiana: #799 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,929 boysINOhio: #830 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,591 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,175 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 13,158 boysCAUtah: #370 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,614 boysUTColorado: #373 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,722 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedNEMissouri: #751 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,268 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedHITexas: #1,941 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 26,459 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#370 · 1 in 1,614
  2. Colorado#373 · 1 in 1,722
  3. Minnesota#440 · 1 in 2,333
  4. Wisconsin#483 · 1 in 2,692
  5. Iowa#498 · 1 in 2,539

Best ever in a state: #115 in Maine, 2022.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#370131 in 1,614
Colorado#373161 in 1,722
Minnesota#440121 in 2,333
Wisconsin#483101 in 2,692
Iowa#49861 in 2,539
Washington#587111 in 3,367
Illinois#592171 in 3,775
Oregon#62851 in 3,675
Massachusetts#63961 in 4,906
Missouri#75161 in 5,268
Indiana#79961 in 5,929
Michigan#81981 in 5,968
Ohio#83091 in 6,591
California#1,175171 in 13,158
Texas#1,94171 in 26,459
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See more about Bode
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 58 spots since 2024 (#806 → #748)
  • 73 spots since 2020 (#821 → #748)
  • 102 spots since 2015 (#850 → #748)
  • Biggest jump: 892 spots in 2010 (#1,665 → #773)
  • Biggest drop: 373 spots in 2007 (#856 → #1,229)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1998
  • Peaked 2025 at #748 (347 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2018–2022
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,922
  • Highest: 1 in 4,922 boys born in 2025 were named Bode (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 45.1% of all boys named Bode (2,147) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s15#6,843 (1998)#7,359
2000s913#856 (2006)#2,169
2010s2,147#773 (2010)#996
2020s1,684#748 (2025)#861

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Bode in 2016

boys
#1,006
203 births · 1 in 9,348 boys

Top boys' names in 2016

  1. #1Noah19,188
  2. #2Liam18,277
  3. #3William15,810
  4. #4Mason15,287
  5. #5James14,920
  6. #6Benjamin14,686
  7. #7Jacob14,559
  8. #8Michael14,145
  9. #9Elijah13,982
  10. #10Ethan13,855
  11. #1,006Bode203
More about 2016

boys

1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 9,348 of them was named Bode, which outranked 92.9% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bode
  1. #999Menachem204
  2. #999Reagan204
  3. #999Shmuel204
  4. #1,006Bode203
  5. #1,006Aydan203
  6. #1,006Briar203
  7. #1,009Malaki202
  8. #1,009Simeon202
  9. #1,011Abner201

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,327Kylo#3,231 → #904
  2. ↑ 355Creed#1,340 → #985
  3. ↑ 349Benicio#1,327 → #978
  4. ↑ 303Adonis#698 → #395
  5. ↑ 291Fox#1,035 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Jonael#922 → #1,399
  2. ↓ 238Aaden#784 → #1,022
  3. ↓ 233Triston#950 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 223Freddy#993 → #1,216
  5. ↓ 207Chace#934 → #1,141

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2016 →