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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019boysat 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 2019

  • 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: #219 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 862 boysNHWashington: #518 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,621 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #237 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 759 boysNDMinnesota: #347 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,540 boysMNIllinois: #591 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,595 boysILWisconsin: #607 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,583 boysWIMichigan: #735 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,892 boysMINew York: #1,224 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 10,394 boysNYMassachusetts: #648 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,689 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedORNevada: 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: #367 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,598 boysIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedINOhio: #869 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,286 boysOHPennsylvania: #961 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,980 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,043 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 10,158 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedUTColorado: #457 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,152 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedNEMissouri: #549 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,976 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: #1,061 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,358 boysNCSouth 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: #1,683 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 19,393 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Bode, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#219 · 1 in 862
  2. North Dakota#237 · 1 in 759
  3. Minnesota#347 · 1 in 1,540
  4. Iowa#367 · 1 in 1,598
  5. Colorado#457 · 1 in 2,152

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#21951 in 862
North Dakota#23751 in 759
Minnesota#347171 in 1,540
Iowa#36791 in 1,598
Colorado#457121 in 2,152
Washington#518131 in 2,621
Missouri#549101 in 2,976
Illinois#591161 in 3,595
Wisconsin#60771 in 3,583
Massachusetts#64861 in 4,689
Michigan#73591 in 4,892
Ohio#86991 in 6,286
Pennsylvania#96171 in 7,980
California#1,043201 in 10,158
North Carolina#1,06161 in 8,358
New York#1,22491 in 10,394
Texas#1,68391 in 19,393
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 2019

boys
#957
223 births · 1 in 8,046 boys

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #957Bode223
More about 2019

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 8,046 of them was named Bode, which outranked 93.2% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bode
  1. #953Azrael225
  2. #953Leroy225
  3. #956Brentley224
  4. #957Bode223
  5. #957Darwin223
  6. #957Jordy223
  7. #957Marquis223
  8. #961Ambrose222
  9. #961Anakin222
  10. #961Juelz222

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

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

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

See the top 100 for 2019 →