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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #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 2008

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #91 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 293 boysAKMaine: #61 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 204 boysMEVermont: #68 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 194 boysVTNew Hampshire: #88 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 293 boysNHWashington: #101 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 388 boysWAIdaho: #97 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 317 boysIDMontana: #53 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 183 boysMTNorth Dakota: #53 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 159 boysNDMinnesota: #79 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 276 boysMNIllinois: #155 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 705 boysILWisconsin: #94 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 362 boysWIMichigan: #111 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 480 boysMINew York: #157 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 833 boysNYMassachusetts: #128 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 572 boysMARhode Island: #106 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 375 boysRIOregon: #87 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 325 boysORNevada: #123 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 431 boysNVWyoming: #29 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 118 boysWYSouth Dakota: #140 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 417 boysSDIowa: #90 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 330 boysIAIndiana: #107 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 421 boysINOhio: #89 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 368 boysOHPennsylvania: #105 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 453 boysPANew Jersey: #268 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,628 boysNJConnecticut: #120 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 505 boysCTCalifornia: #171 for boys · 332 births · 1 in 766 boysCAUtah: #126 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 447 boysUTColorado: #95 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 349 boysCONebraska: #91 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 304 boysNEMissouri: #98 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 388 boysMOKentucky: #120 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 463 boysKYWest Virginia: #109 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 377 boysWVVirginia: #124 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 524 boysVAMaryland: #104 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 460 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cody, so not publishedDEArizona: #138 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 529 boysAZNew Mexico: #121 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 429 boysNMKansas: #98 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 368 boysKSArkansas: #94 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 338 boysARTennessee: #124 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 503 boysTNNorth Carolina: #118 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 521 boysNCSouth Carolina: #146 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 657 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Cody, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #109 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 412 boysOKLouisiana: #104 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 419 boysLAMississippi: #142 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 605 boysMSAlabama: #91 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 369 boysALGeorgia: #132 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 612 boysGAHawaii: #55 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 200 boysHITexas: #155 for boys · 289 births · 1 in 655 boysTXFlorida: #120 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 578 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#29 · 1 in 118
  2. North Dakota#53 · 1 in 159
  3. Montana#53 · 1 in 183
  4. Hawaii#55 · 1 in 200
  5. Maine#61 · 1 in 204

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#29181 in 118
Montana#53231 in 183
North Dakota#53221 in 159
Hawaii#55251 in 200
Maine#61251 in 204
Vermont#68101 in 194
Minnesota#791081 in 276
Oregon#87621 in 325
New Hampshire#88181 in 293
Ohio#891751 in 368
Iowa#90501 in 330
Alabama#91681 in 369
Alaska#91121 in 293
Nebraska#91341 in 304
Arkansas#94451 in 338
Wisconsin#94811 in 362
Colorado#95851 in 349
Idaho#97291 in 317
Kansas#98461 in 368
Missouri#98891 in 388
Washington#101961 in 388
Louisiana#104601 in 419
Maryland#104651 in 460
Pennsylvania#1051411 in 453
Rhode Island#106121 in 375
Indiana#107911 in 421
Oklahoma#109521 in 412
West Virginia#109231 in 377
Michigan#1111071 in 480
North Carolina#1181071 in 521
Connecticut#120321 in 505
Florida#1201741 in 578
Kentucky#120511 in 463
New Mexico#121261 in 429
Nevada#123351 in 431
Tennessee#124751 in 503
Virginia#124821 in 524
Utah#126531 in 447
Massachusetts#128561 in 572
Georgia#1321001 in 612
Arizona#138821 in 529
South Dakota#140101 in 417
Mississippi#142261 in 605
South Carolina#146351 in 657
Illinois#1551061 in 705
Texas#1552891 in 655
New York#1571311 in 833
California#1713321 in 766
New Jersey#268281 in 1,628
Delaware———
District of Columbia———

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 2008

girls
#5,750
24 births · 1 in 78,789 girls
boys
#123
3,509 births · 1 in 581 boys

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #5,750Cody24

Top boys' names in 2008

  1. #1Jacob22,621
  2. #2Michael20,652
  3. #3Ethan20,223
  4. #4Joshua19,231
  5. #5Daniel19,032
  6. #6Alexander18,711
  7. #7Anthony18,417
  8. #8William18,403
  9. #9Christopher17,966
  10. #10Matthew17,604
  11. #123Cody3,509
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 78,789 of them was named Cody, which outranked 71.9% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cody
  1. #5,574Zyah25
  2. #5,574Zyaira25
  3. #5,574Zykira25
  4. #5,750Cody24
  5. #5,750Aamira24
  6. #5,750Aamirah24
  7. #5,750Abagale24
  8. #5,955Aariyah23
  9. #5,955Adali23
  10. #5,955Adaly23

Tied with 204 names at #5,750; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

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

boys

2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 581 of them was named Cody, which outranked 99.2% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cody
  1. #120Oscar3,563
  2. #121Micah3,528
  3. #122Ashton3,518
  4. #123Cody3,509
  5. #124Preston3,461
  6. #125Marcus3,392
  7. #126Max3,372
Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,801Urijah#3,687 → #886
  2. ↑ 1,035Jadiel#1,912 → #877
  3. ↑ 790Aaden#1,132 → #342
  4. ↑ 676Chace#1,337 → #661
  5. ↑ 500Marley#1,263 → #763
Fallers
  1. ↓ 688Kelan#977 → #1,665
  2. ↓ 286Talen#990 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 281Nery#901 → #1,182
  4. ↓ 250Kellan#883 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 250Efren#977 → #1,227

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

See the top 100 for 2008 →