Baby name

Cody

Boy

Origin of the name

Cody comes from an Irish surname. William “Buffalo Bill” Cody, the showman of the American West, bore it.

Short-lived name

Cody peaked in 1992, when 1 baby in 193 was given the name. The decline was steep: births are now 94% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 318. 50% of all babies named Cody since 1880 were born in the 1990s.

292,009births since 1880

1990sgeneration

No. 24rank at its peak, in 1992

Where babies named Cody are born

1992

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The darker the blue, the more common Cody is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Cody is most common in Wyoming (3.1 times), Idaho (2.6) and Montana (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Cory 127,179
Jody 31,562
Kody 23,762
Coy 17,348
Coby 9,484
Coty 5,525

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