Cody Boy
How popular is Cody?
#318 boy name in 2025
1,076 baby boys were named Cody in the US in 2025, making it the 318th most popular boy name. Another 22 girls got the name (#5,553 for girls).
Cody popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #318 for boys (▼ 29 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,076 boys, 22 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #237 in 2015, #297 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1992 (19,876 boys) |
| Highest rank | #24 in 1991 (3 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cody counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cody family of names ranked #274 for boys in 2025 (#263 the year before), with 1,283 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cody is most popular
Babies named Cody per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 2.8 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Idaho: 1.3 per 1,000 (54 boys)
- Montana: 1.2 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- West Virginia: 1.2 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- New Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (38 boys)
Cody by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #815 |
| 1890s | 11 | #927 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,252 |
| 1910s | 156 | #1,192 |
| 1920s | 193 | #1,385 |
| 1930s | 199 | #1,384 |
| 1940s | 274 | #1,078 |
| 1950s | 709 | #760 |
| 1960s | 1,693 | #479 |
| 1970s | 9,523 | #147 |
| 1980s | 60,289 | #43 |
| 1990s | 146,486 | #24 |
| 2000s | 48,883 | #60 |
| 2010s | 16,910 | #157 |
| 2020s | 6,654 | #289 |
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Questions
- Is Cody a boy or girl name?
- Cody is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Cody were boys.
- How popular is the name Cody?
- 1,076 baby boys were named Cody in the US in 2025, making it the 318th most popular boy name. Another 22 girls got the name (#5,553 for girls).
- When was Cody most popular?
- Cody peaked in 1992, when 19,876 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #24, held for 3 years starting in 1991.
- How many people are named Cody?
- 297,177 babies have been named Cody in the US since 1880. We estimate about 286,567 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
- Where is Cody most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cody was most common in Wyoming, at 2.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.