girls:
5.1k births since 1926
#2362 (59th percentile)
boys:
289.7k births since 1884
#124 (97th percentile)
overall:
294.9k births since 1884
#259 (97th percentile)
The name Cody is the #259 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 294,850 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 96.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 96.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #124 (97.3% percentile) for all time with 289,732 births since 1884. For girls, it ranks #2,362 (58.7% percentile) for all time with 5,118 births since 1926.
Cody first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (1884 for boys and 1926 for girls). Birth data for Cody is available in 121 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023 (121 years for boys and 81 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 Cody has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Cody reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 97.0% percentile (ranked #24) with 9,468 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 9,468 births per million (ranked 97.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1995, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Cody ranks #293 for boys (67.9% percentile) with 589 births per million, which is 6.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Cody reached its peak popularity in 1988, achieving the 30.0% percentile (ranked #566) with 132 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 132 births per million (ranked 30.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Cody ranks #917 for girls (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million, which is 15.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cody".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Cody is pronounced as KOH-dee, which has 2 syllables.
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