Cody

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · #318 for boys in 2025, 1,076 births
Given to boys 98.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1992 · 19,876 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
24 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
292,009
since 1884

Cody over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #24, 1992boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,55422#3181,076
2024#4,89327#2891,168
2023#4,04736#3041,086
2022#5,30924#3021,115
2021#5,09125#3121,076
2020#4,88026#2971,133
2019#5,44923#2851,212
2018#6,01020#2801,254
2017#4,47731#2781,298
2016#7,23016#2551,409
2015#5,45824#2371,596
2014#5,02527#2191,748
2013#6,46219#2141,758
2012#5,89522#1882,011
2011#6,33520#1732,177
2010#5,77123#1572,447
2009#6,31721#1353,006
2008#5,75024#1233,509
2007#4,29935#1203,562
2006#4,81129#1054,106
2005#4,95826#964,529
2004#2,74259#845,125
2003#3,18746#785,400
2002#2,88851#715,939
2001#2,36067#646,575
2000#2,70854#607,132
1999#2,85447#457,864
1998#2,08370#438,810
1997#1,84580#3610,296
1996#1,58398#3112,954
1995#1,214141#2615,566
1994#1,083166#2517,589
1993#1,023180#2419,152
1992#949203#2419,876
1991#868230#2418,980
1990#859229#3115,399
1989#940190#4510,823
1988#740253#4310,583
1987#779227#498,675
1986#809207#566,934
1985#745232#527,096
1984#771209#625,209
1983#968151#813,505
1982#776211#953,180
1981#1,004145#1192,328
1980#1,216108#1431,956
1979#931158#1471,851
1978#903158#1521,683
1977#1,63764#1831,266
1976#1,67758#2001,098
1975#1,72954#227899
1974#1,96143#251800
1973#2,01940#283651
1972#2,02239#352484
1971#2,17537#401410
1970#2,26734#418381
1969#2,64525#479255
1968#3,31516#524210
1967#3,65613#533194
1966#3,40014#595159
1965#3,73312#589167
1964#2,82520#572191
1963#3,33615#594175
1962#3,59213#651141
1961#3,60813#720113
1960#2,64921#81388
1959#4,03110#81787
1958#3,37913#76195
1957#3,69611#84280
1956#3,32113#87473
1955#3,37712#84775
1954#3,49011#84274
1953#4,2268#90862
1952#3,7969#85067
1951—#94954
1950#3,05212#1,08642
1949#4,2357#1,29731
1948#4,6516#1,07943
1947#5,2955#1,27133
1946#3,6658#1,32728
1945#3,6767#1,27027
1944—#1,23529
1943#4,6915#1,46123
1942—#1,68218
1941—#1,41123
1940—#1,57319
1939—#1,48920
1938—#1,47621
1937—#1,44422
1936—#1,38423
1935—#2,02913
1934#4,2865#1,42523
1933—#1,70717
1932—#1,92215
1931—#1,39425
1930—#1,64420
1929—#2,31712
1928—#1,90217
1927—#1,95917
1926#4,8515#1,78719
1925—#3,1558
1924—#1,89418
1923—#1,38528
1922—#1,64422
1921—#1,41228
1920—#1,54324
1919—#1,53123
1918—#1,49924
1917—#1,36226
1916—#1,69818
1915—#1,87815
1914—#1,77213
1913—#1,9459
1912—#1,35313
1911—#1,3877
1910—#1,1938
1909—#1,2776
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1899—#9286
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1897—#1,0575
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Cody! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Cody is popular in 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #18 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 66 boysAKMaine: #13 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 52 boysMEVermont: #8 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 42 boysVTNew Hampshire: #13 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 60 boysNHWashington: #17 for boys · 454 births · 1 in 76 boysWAIdaho: #5 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 48 boysIDMontana: #2 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 40 boysMTNorth Dakota: #12 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 55 boysNDMinnesota: #14 for boys · 484 births · 1 in 61 boysMNIllinois: #27 for boys · 742 births · 1 in 115 boysILWisconsin: #10 for boys · 587 births · 1 in 53 boysWIMichigan: #21 for boys · 814 births · 1 in 78 boysMINew York: #45 for boys · 608 births · 1 in 212 boysNYMassachusetts: #48 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 176 boysMARhode Island: #36 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 123 boysRIOregon: #10 for boys · 306 births · 1 in 63 boysORNevada: #16 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 74 boysNVWyoming: #9 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 49 boysWYSouth Dakota: #6 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 46 boysSDIowa: #8 for boys · 347 births · 1 in 51 boysIAIndiana: #13 for boys · 597 births · 1 in 65 boysINOhio: #15 for boys · 1,149 births · 1 in 65 boysOHPennsylvania: #23 for boys · 887 births · 1 in 85 boysPANew Jersey: #63 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 321 boysNJConnecticut: #52 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 216 boysCTCalifornia: #39 for boys · 1,569 births · 1 in 176 boysCAUtah: #21 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 90 boysUTColorado: #17 for boys · 336 births · 1 in 72 boysCONebraska: #12 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 55 boysNEMissouri: #16 for boys · 523 births · 1 in 68 boysMOKentucky: #9 for boys · 516 births · 1 in 46 boysKYWest Virginia: #5 for boys · 260 births · 1 in 38 boysWVVirginia: #23 for boys · 466 births · 1 in 88 boysVAMaryland: #36 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 135 boysMDDelaware: #32 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 103 boysDEArizona: #17 for boys · 367 births · 1 in 84 boysAZNew Mexico: #19 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 95 boysNMKansas: #10 for boys · 262 births · 1 in 60 boysKSArkansas: #6 for boys · 307 births · 1 in 47 boysARTennessee: #12 for boys · 586 births · 1 in 59 boysTNNorth Carolina: #20 for boys · 502 births · 1 in 89 boysNCSouth Carolina: #23 for boys · 209 births · 1 in 103 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #137 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 572 boysDCOklahoma: #7 for boys · 350 births · 1 in 56 boysOKLouisiana: #17 for boys · 323 births · 1 in 91 boysLAMississippi: #18 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 91 boysMSAlabama: #15 for boys · 348 births · 1 in 74 boysALGeorgia: #22 for boys · 482 births · 1 in 100 boysGAHawaii: #21 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 84 boysHITexas: #22 for boys · 1,361 births · 1 in 112 boysTXFlorida: #26 for boys · 893 births · 1 in 98 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Montana#2 · 1 in 40
  2. West Virginia#5 · 1 in 38
  3. Idaho#5 · 1 in 48
  4. South Dakota#6 · 1 in 46
  5. Arkansas#6 · 1 in 47

Best ever in a state: #2 in South Dakota, 1992.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#21111 in 40
Idaho#51491 in 48
West Virginia#52601 in 38
Arkansas#63071 in 47
South Dakota#6951 in 46
Oklahoma#73501 in 56
Iowa#83471 in 51
Vermont#8701 in 42
Kentucky#95161 in 46
Wyoming#9451 in 49
Kansas#102621 in 60
Oregon#103061 in 63
Wisconsin#105871 in 53
Nebraska#121801 in 55
North Dakota#12751 in 55
Tennessee#125861 in 59
Indiana#135971 in 65
Maine#131281 in 52
New Hampshire#131131 in 60
Minnesota#144841 in 61
Alabama#153481 in 74
Ohio#151,1491 in 65
Missouri#165231 in 68
Nevada#161241 in 74
Arizona#173671 in 84
Colorado#173361 in 72
Louisiana#173231 in 91
Washington#174541 in 76
Alaska#18601 in 66
Mississippi#181751 in 91
New Mexico#191211 in 95
North Carolina#205021 in 89
Hawaii#21781 in 84
Michigan#218141 in 78
Utah#211881 in 90
Georgia#224821 in 100
Texas#221,3611 in 112
Pennsylvania#238871 in 85
South Carolina#232091 in 103
Virginia#234661 in 88
Florida#268931 in 98
Illinois#277421 in 115
Delaware#32411 in 103
Maryland#362251 in 135
Rhode Island#36501 in 123
California#391,5691 in 176
New York#456081 in 212
Massachusetts#482241 in 176
Connecticut#52941 in 216
New Jersey#631591 in 321
District of Columbia#137121 in 572

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 Cody
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 29 spots since 2024 (#289 → #318)
  • 21 spots since 2020 (#297 → #318)
  • 81 spots since 2015 (#237 → #318)
  • Biggest jump: 137 spots in 1951 (#1,086 → #949)
  • Biggest drop: 63 spots in 1889 (#815 → #878)
Rise & fade · boys
108 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1992 at #24 (19,876 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 24 yrs · run 1982–2005
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1951–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 100
  • Highest: 1 in 100 boys born in 1992 were named Cody (1.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,587 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 50.2% of all boys named Cody (146,486) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#815 (1888)#888
1890s11#928 (1899)#993
1900s11#1,253 (1906)#1,265
1910s156#1,193 (1910)#1,562
1920s193#1,385 (1923)#1,900
1930s199#1,384 (1936)#1,591
1940s274#1,079 (1948)#1,361
1950s709#761 (1958)#878
1960s1,693#479 (1969)#607
1970s9,523#147 (1979)#261
1980s60,289#43 (1988)#75
1990s146,486#24 (1992)#31
2000s48,883#60 (2000)#94
2010s16,910#157 (2010)#229
2020s6,654#289 (2024)#304

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.

Cody in 1993

girls
#1,023
180 births · 1 in 10,050 girls
boys
#24
19,152 births · 1 in 102 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #1,023Cody180

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #24Cody19,152
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 10,050 of them was named Cody, which outranked 93.5% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cody
  1. #1,017Isis182
  2. #1,021Georgina181
  3. #1,021Ivana181
  4. #1,023Cody180
  5. #1,023Holli180
  6. #1,023Jazmyne180
  7. #1,023Jesenia180
  8. #1,029Doris179
  9. #1,029Flor179
  10. #1,029Kandice179

Tied with 5 names at #1,023; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

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

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 102 of them was named Cody, which outranked 99.8% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cody
  1. #21Alexander20,530
  2. #22Jonathan19,954
  3. #23Kyle19,454
  4. #24Cody19,152
  5. #25Kevin19,084
  6. #26Austin17,587
  7. #27Thomas14,868
Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,880Savon#6,670 → #790
  2. ↑ 2,006Jordy#2,834 → #828
  3. ↑ 662Austyn#1,598 → #936
  4. ↑ 471Devaughn#1,395 → #924
  5. ↑ 454Mikal#1,294 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 329Channing#887 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 307Garth#658 → #965
  3. ↓ 252Earnest#911 → #1,163
  4. ↓ 241Armand#987 → #1,228
  5. ↓ 240Spenser#831 → #1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993 →