Cody is a well-established choice, ranked #102 in 2025. With 504 babies named Cody in 2025, meeting another Cody at school is a real possibility.
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UK Rank 2025
#102
US Rank #318
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About the Name Cody
Cody has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 4064 places in five years. It was most popular in 2022 at #111 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Cody is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Cody in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #289, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Cody
Cody Ko — Cody Michael Kolodziejzyk, better known as Cody Ko, is a Canadian YouTuber, podcaster, comedian, and rapper.
Richard A. Cody — Richard Arthur "Dick" Cody is a retired United States Army general who served as the 31st Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 24 June 2004 to 31 July 2008.
Cody Bellinger — Cody James Bellinger is an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Cody
Possibly. With around 504 UK babies named Cody per year, your child may well come across another Cody at school, though sharing a class is less likely.
Cody is at its highest recorded position — #102 in 2025, with 504 births. In 2020 it ranked #129.
Cody is more popular in the US (#289) than in the UK (#4193). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Cody include: Cody Ko, Richard A. Cody and Cody Bellinger. Short summaries for each appear below.
Cody appears in the US top 500 at #289 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
504
UK babies named Cody (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
< 1
In a school of 600
↑ 27 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Cody
Almost certainly the only Cody in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Cody
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Richard Arthur "Dick" Cody is a retired United States Army general who served as the 31st Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 24 June 2004 to 31 July 2008.
Cody Jay Canada is an American rock/alt-country musician who currently is the lead singer and lead guitarist of the rock bands Cody Canada and The Departed since 2011 and Cross Canadian Ragweed from 1994 to 2010, and again since 2024.