How popular is the name Cody?

Cody ranks 121st among boys' names in US records, with 320,690 births since 1884. Over the past decade it accounts for 14,772.

Is Cody a unisex name?

No. Cody is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1992, when 21,025 children were given the name. It has been in use for 141 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Kody, Coady. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#121 of boy names

Pronounced K OW1 D IY0 (ARPABET)

Cody is a boys' name, and first appears in 1884. It has been given to 320,690 children — the 121st most common boys' name on record.

It is falling away, down 55% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1992, when 21,025 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Kody and Coady — because they are pronounced identically.

1992Boys: 21,025Girls: 229

These spellings sound identical to Cody and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Cody?: Cody ranks 121st among boys' names in US records, with 320,690 births since 1884. Over the past decade it accounts for 14,772.
Is Cody a unisex name?: No. Cody is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Cody most popular?: 1992, when 21,025 children were given the name. It has been in use for 141 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Cody spelled?: Kody, Coady. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.