How Many People Are Named Cody?
people named Cody are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,196 people in the US has this name
Based on 297,177 babies named Cody in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
20,079 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Gaelic surname Ó Cuidighthigh, which means "descendant of CUIDIGHTHEACH". A famous bearer of the surname was the American frontiersman and showman Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Cody in English. Counting Cody and these spellings together, about 314,582 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cody, 1.7% were girls and 98.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cody alive today is about 30 years old, and 60% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cody first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1992, to 20,079 babies. In 2025, 1,098 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cody never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #24, in 1991 to 1993, and it was in the top 100 for 24 years, 1982 to 2005. In 2025 it ranked #318.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #318 |
| Best rank | #24 (1991 to 1993) |
| Years in the top 100 | 24 (1982 to 2005) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #27 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cody alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cody were born in Texas than in any other state: about 26,909 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cody was given 3.2 times as often in Wyoming, 2.8 times in Montana and 2.6 times in South Dakota.
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