Boys' name · peaked in 1994
Kody name popularity since 1925
24,641 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kody (3.6% girls, 96.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1997 or earlier, so the typical Kody is about 29 years old in 2026. Kody peaked in 1994 as the #247 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 24,641
- Named Kody, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,070 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 96.4% boys
- 879 girls · 23,762 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.37× its national share
Peak year is the year Kody made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kody births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1993. Measured as a share of all babies, Kody peaked in 1994.
- Fastest rise: Between 1983 and 1988, Kody became 3.3× more common, from 1 in 11,200 baby boys to 1 in 3,420.
- Steepest fall: Between 1994 and 1999, its share of baby boys fell by 37%, from 1 in 1,660 to 1 in 2,620.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kody's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kody.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kody in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 6 | 79 | #3,414 |
| 1970s | 59 | 475 | #1,392 |
| 1980s | 170 | 2,983 | #501 |
| 1990s | 251 | 9,956 | #258 |
| 2000s | 143 | 5,868 | #476 |
| 2010s | 135 | 3,122 | #770 |
| 2020–25 | 115 | 1,274 | #1,070 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
43.4% of babies named Kody from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Kody is most popular
The index compares Kody's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kody.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.37× | 626 |
| Oregon | 2.28× | 467 |
| Washington | 2.00× | 729 |
| Oklahoma | 1.98× | 563 |
| Arizona | 1.73× | 489 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kody and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kody (this page) | 23,762 | 1994 |
| Cody | 291,693 | 1992 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kody's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kody.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kody (1994).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data