Kodiak

Popularity Trends

The name Kodiak is the #7,006 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 733 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 9.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,854 (15.9% percentile) for all time with 733 births since 1988.

Kodiak first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (first recorded for boys in 1988).

For boys, Kodiak reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #882) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kodiak ranks #889 for boys (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 70.8% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kodiak".

1988 2023 19882023

Key Statistics

Total Births

733

Peak Births

Peak Year

2019

First Recorded

1988

Peak Percentile

3.8%

Current Percentile

2.4%

Peak Rank

#882

Current Rank

#889

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kodiak", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Kodiak.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Kodiak's popularity from 1985 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Kodiak at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Kodiak range from Sapphire at 95.9% correlation to Amethyst at 94.6% correlation, with an average correlation level of 95.0%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Khalil with 23.5K births (99% boys) and the least popular is Dariela with 823 births (100% girls).

Kodiak's share of births peaked at 20.8 births per million for boys in 2019. It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (12% of peak) in 1988. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Kodiak had 14.7 births per million, 71% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Sapphire

4,560

95.90% (very strong)

Dariela

823

95.61% (very strong)

Kaine

3,367

95.40% (very strong)

Khalia

3,366

95.25% (very strong)

Khalil

23.5k

95.08% (very strong)

Slater

2,158

94.88% (very strong)

Asad

1,834

94.86% (very strong)

Treasure

8,252

94.78% (very strong)

Malek

2,843

94.74% (very strong)

Wolfgang

2,985

94.68% (very strong)

Qasim

1,123

94.63% (very strong)

Amethyst

4,210

94.62% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Kodiak

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kodiak. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 49.3% confident that Kodiak is pronounced as KOH-dee-ak, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KOH-dee-AK, at 46.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.

KOH-dee-ak

49.3%

KOH-dee-AK

46.3%

koh-DEE-ak

4.5%

KOH-dee-ak (3 syllables)

Verified

49.3% confidence

K OW1 D IY0 AE0 K

KOH-dee-AK (3 syllables)

Verified

46.3% confidence

K OW1 D IY0 AE1 K

koh-DEE-ak (3 syllables)

4.5% confidence

K OW0 D IY1 AE0 K

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Kodiak? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Kodiak. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Kodiak, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K OW1 D IY0 AE0 K) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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