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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #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
1908
1907
1906#1,2535
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899#9286
1898
1897#1,0575
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889#8786
1888#8157
1887
1886
1885
1884#9715
1883
1882
1881
1880
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.

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 1994

girls
#1,083
166 births · 1 in 10,758 girls
boys
#25
17,589 births · 1 in 110 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #1,083Cody166

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #25Cody17,589
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 10,758 of them was named Cody, which outranked 93.1% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cody
  1. #1,077Keyana167
  2. #1,077Marla167
  3. #1,077Shanelle167
  4. #1,083Cody166
  5. #1,083Ansley166
  6. #1,083Chante166
  7. #1,083Kalee166
  8. #1,091Brittaney165
  9. #1,091Deidra165
  10. #1,091Estefania165

Tied with 7 names at #1,083; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 4,523Nohely#5,419#896
  2. 4,322Aaliyah#4,524#202
  3. 2,306Zana#3,108#802
  4. 1,711Aliyah#2,068#357
  5. 1,430Zhane#2,012#582
Fallers
  1. 1,015Coraima#875#1,890
  2. 799Kalene#929#1,728
  3. 656Deyanira#938#1,594
  4. 577Crysta#968#1,545
  5. 562Hilary#647#1,209

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

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 110 of them was named Cody, which outranked 99.8% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cody
  1. #22Alexander20,101
  2. #23Jonathan19,068
  3. #24Kyle18,399
  4. #25Cody17,589
  5. #26Kevin17,315
  6. #27Thomas14,910
  7. #28Aaron14,385
Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 1,574Tyrin#2,509#935
  2. 714River#1,638#924
  3. 472Bryton#1,460#988
  4. 463Kahlil#1,444#981
  5. 446Jayden#1,295#849
Fallers
  1. 551Garth#965#1,516
  2. 364Jordy#828#1,192
  3. 342Montel#889#1,231
  4. 289Darrel#889#1,178
  5. 245Deante#859#1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994