girls:
151 births since 1916
#5565 (3rd percentile)
boys:
860 births since 1924
#3727 (19th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1916
#6728 (13th percentile)
The name Coda is the #6,728 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,011 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 13.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,727 (18.7% percentile) for all time with 860 births since 1924. For girls, it ranks #5,565 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 151 births since 1916.
Coda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for girls and 1924 for boys). Birth data for Coda is available in 37 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (36 years for boys and 16 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Coda has been given predominantly to boys, with 85.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 74.5% of babies named Coda were boys. Interestingly, until around 1924, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1916 to 1923), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (85.5% boys from 1924 to 2023).
For boys, Coda reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 5.4% percentile (ranked #801) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Coda ranks #875 for boys (4.0% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 79.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Coda reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #922) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Coda ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 75.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Coda".
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