By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Cody is most popular
Boys named Cody per 1,000 boys born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.639 per 1,000.
Strongest in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Cody born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Cody
Cody is moderately common for boys in the United States, ranked #318 in 2025 with 1,076 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.
Since 1884, 297,177 American babies have been named Cody. Its peak came in 1992, when 20,079 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1990s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Cody stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
