Cody
Cody is a name in the English language, ultimately of Irish origin. Spellings include Codi, Codie, Coedee, Kodi, Kodie, and Kody. Other variants are Coady and Codey.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Cody
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cody is a name in the English language, ultimately of Irish origin. Spellings include Codi, Codie, Coedee, Kodi, Kodie, and Kody. Other variants are Coady and Codey.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Cody
Cody first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1884, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1992: 19,875 births, good for #24 nationwide. About 50% of every Cody on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Cody ranks #291 for baby boys with 1,143 births, gradually falling (-5%). All told, over 293K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Cody
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Cody. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Cody
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About the name Cody
Cody is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1884 and has accumulated 293K births in the dataset. Cody's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #24. Use the chart and map above to compare Cody's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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