Bodhi
- #4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births
- #265 for boys in 2025, 1,301 births
- Given to boys 96.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,301 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,292since 1976
Bodhi over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Bodhi has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,546 | 30 | #265 | 1,301 |
| 2024 | #3,963 | 37 | #301 | 1,117 |
| 2023 | #3,047 | 54 | #294 | 1,126 |
| 2022 | #3,220 | 50 | #300 | 1,125 |
| 2021 | #3,002 | 55 | #284 | 1,220 |
| 2020 | #3,179 | 49 | #295 | 1,153 |
| 2019 | #2,561 | 68 | #300 | 1,133 |
| 2018 | #2,810 | 60 | #312 | 1,090 |
| 2017 | #3,552 | 43 | #300 | 1,173 |
| 2016 | #3,996 | 37 | #361 | 921 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | #498 | 585 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #612 | 436 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | #806 | 271 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #880 | 238 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | #919 | 219 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #904 | 225 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #1,241 | 144 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #1,263 | 138 |
| 2007 | — | #1,350 | 124 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,460 | 105 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,838 | 70 |
| 2004 | — | #2,131 | 55 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,269 | 47 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,092 | 51 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,618 | 36 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,939 | 28 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,092 | 25 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,981 | 25 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,678 | 18 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,501 | 18 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
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| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1976
The first year at least five boys were named Bodhi! It came in at #5,587, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1991, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bodhi is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Hawaii#90 · 1 in 292
- Washington#120 · 1 in 497
- Idaho#125 · 1 in 432
- Oregon#135 · 1 in 502
- Alaska#143 · 1 in 379
Best ever in a state: #54 in Montana, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #90 | 10 | 1 in 292 |
| Washington | #120 | 66 | 1 in 497 |
| Idaho | #125 | 20 | 1 in 432 |
| Oregon | #135 | 30 | 1 in 502 |
| Alaska | #143 | 6 | 1 in 379 |
| New Hampshire | #145 | 10 | 1 in 450 |
| South Dakota | #145 | 9 | 1 in 427 |
| Maine | #151 | 8 | 1 in 480 |
| Missouri | #158 | 44 | 1 in 632 |
| Iowa | #167 | 25 | 1 in 553 |
| Connecticut | #173 | 20 | 1 in 660 |
| Colorado | #178 | 39 | 1 in 688 |
| Utah | #198 | 27 | 1 in 728 |
| West Virginia | #200 | 9 | 1 in 684 |
| Massachusetts | #208 | 29 | 1 in 932 |
| Ohio | #208 | 62 | 1 in 847 |
| Indiana | #219 | 38 | 1 in 833 |
| Kansas | #219 | 18 | 1 in 780 |
| Montana | #227 | 5 | 1 in 753 |
| California | #231 | 163 | 1 in 1,077 |
| Wisconsin | #231 | 26 | 1 in 901 |
| Kentucky | #236 | 23 | 1 in 893 |
| Pennsylvania | #239 | 51 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Arkansas | #247 | 14 | 1 in 899 |
| Oklahoma | #252 | 19 | 1 in 931 |
| Minnesota | #263 | 23 | 1 in 1,065 |
| Michigan | #264 | 38 | 1 in 1,058 |
| Florida | #279 | 73 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Virginia | #280 | 30 | 1 in 1,242 |
| North Carolina | #295 | 42 | 1 in 1,225 |
| Arizona | #308 | 25 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Maryland | #319 | 17 | 1 in 1,347 |
| Tennessee | #325 | 27 | 1 in 1,362 |
| Nebraska | #335 | 7 | 1 in 1,260 |
| Louisiana | #337 | 15 | 1 in 1,275 |
| New Jersey | #363 | 22 | 1 in 1,808 |
| Alabama | #375 | 14 | 1 in 1,537 |
| Nevada | #389 | 7 | 1 in 1,613 |
| Illinois | #400 | 27 | 1 in 1,835 |
| Mississippi | #415 | 7 | 1 in 1,548 |
| Texas | #439 | 76 | 1 in 2,303 |
| Georgia | #440 | 25 | 1 in 2,009 |
| South Carolina | #501 | 9 | 1 in 2,355 |
| New York | #545 | 29 | 1 in 2,911 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
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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 Bodhi
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 30 spots since 2020 (#295 → #265)
- Biggest jump: 337 spots in 2010
- Biggest drop: 16 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2025 at #265 (1,301 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 2010–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,313
- Highest: 1 in 1,313 boys born in 2025 were named Bodhi (0.08%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 49.3% of all boys named Bodhi (7,042) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15 | #5,587 (1976) | #5,829 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 156 | #2,939 (1999) | #3,613 |
| 2000s | 788 | #1,241 (2009) | #2,047 |
| 2010s | 6,291 | #300 (2017) | #589 |
| 2020s | 7,042 | #265 (2025) | #290 |
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.
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