Cody

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cody: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cody: Recorded since 1986, it reached #37 in 2005, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
190times a registrar ranked it
40years from first to last
#37highest recorded position
29groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Cody's record

3 registrars publish it in more than one category list — an observation about those lists, not about the name. Names published across category lists

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#311
1997	#371
1998	#369
1999	#406
2000	#438
2001	#315
2002	#321
2003	#369
2004	#372
2005	#427
2006	#544
2007	#623
2008	#995
2009	#1668
2010	#1584
2011	#2025
2012	#2969
2013	#4739
2014	#2659
2015	#4103
2016	#2547
2017	#5765
2018	#3985
2019	#3541
2023	#5687
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1991 to 2025.

In 2024: #80 among boys in Scotland, #81 among boys in Northern Ireland, #88 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #107 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1986–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1986
First recorded at #84 among boys in New Zealand in 1986 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Boys
Highest recorded1986–2011
Highest recorded position: #37 among boys in New Zealand, in 2005 (recorded 1986–2011).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #90 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Cody appears in 8 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 35 ranked years and 1,256 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Boys, from 1986.

Cody across 8 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Cody's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#324 (1991)	#88 (2024)	#90 (2025)	35 of 35	1,256 (1991–2025)	70 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#456 (1992)	#247 (2003)	#747 (2022)	19 of 31	122 (1992–2022)	14 (2003)
England and Wales · Boys	#464 (1996)	#103 (2023)	#107 (2024)	29 of 29	11,075 (1996–2024)	566 (2011)
England and Wales · Girls	#311 (1996)	#311 (1996)	#4192 (2024)	26 of 29	1,211 (1996–2024)	116 (2001)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#271 (1997)	#81 (2024)	#81 (2024)	28 of 28	594 (1997–2024)	36 (2007)
New Zealand · Boys	#84 (1986)	#37 (2005)	#71 (2011)	25 of 26	2,482 (1986–2011)	157 (1991)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#71 (1993)	#53 (1996)	#96 (2010)	18 of 18	2,646 (1993–2010)	175 (1995)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#213 (1998)	#193 (2005)	#351 (2007)	9 of 10	53 (1998–2007)	9 (2005)

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Inside a single year a registrar's ranking is its birth counts put in order, so the top of a list is always the name given to the most babies that year. Across years the two separate, because the number of births and the number of names sharing them both change.

In New Zealand · Boys the name reached its highest position, #37, in 2005, when 108 births were registered with it. More were registered in 1991 — 157 — in a year it ranked #42.

Cody by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cody in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	53	9 of 10	6
2000s	339	10 of 10	34
2010s	494	10 of 10	49
2020sbusiest	370	6 of 10	62

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 62 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Cody appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1986 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #37 in New Zealand in 2005.

Cody's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#107	498	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#103	510	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#111	501	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#126	449	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#129	420	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#149	378	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#153	368	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#138	432	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#126	491	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#116	546	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#113	541	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#123	494	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#123	526	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#115	566	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#116	536	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1668	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#109	558	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#995	31	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#107	558	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#623	56	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#111	522	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#544	66	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#115	494	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#427	87	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#119	456	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#372	102	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#142	331	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#369	100	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#185	208	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#321	112	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#203	166	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#315	116	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#222	137	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#438	70	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#255	111	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#406	78	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#266	106	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#369	87	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#327	74	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#371	87	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#386	58	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#311	114	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#464	40	High	Verified
2010	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	117	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#61	158	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#60	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	136	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	133	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	145	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	170	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#60	164	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	143	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#61	165	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	174	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	male	#61	175	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	126	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New Zealand	male	#71	68	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#58	88	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	male	#55	83	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#53	98	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#52	101	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#43	105	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#37	108	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	male	#40	120	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	male	#47	101	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	male	#42	101	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#46	97	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#43	121	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	male	#65	85	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	male	#49	106	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#44	126	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	male	#44	137	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	male	#39	150	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	male	#71	85	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	male	#79	81	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	male	#69	90	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	male	#42	157	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	male	#65	86	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	male	#83	66	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	male	#85	60	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#84	62	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#81	29	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#98	25	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#91	28	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#94	30	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#106	25	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#90	33	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#151	16	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#124	22	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#112	27	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#95	32	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#145	19	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#146	18	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#101	31	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#90	34	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#95	35	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#89	36	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#101	32	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#89	36	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#131	19	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#193	9	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#145	15	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#144	15	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#225	6	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#162	11	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#186	7	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#206	7	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#206	6	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#213	7	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#90	64	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#88	63	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#102	57	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#97	65	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#104	61	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	60	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	51	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	49	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	38	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#131	50	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	57	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	50	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	43	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#131	55	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	43	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	58	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	70	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#118	64	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	40	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	38	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#398	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	31	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#139	33	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	14	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	18	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	12	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#400	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#165	19	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	9	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#183	14	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	9	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	8	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#281	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#411	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#80	64	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1986 and 2025, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #37, first reached in 2005.

It held a top-100 place in 32 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 566 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

3 registrars publish it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1991, and 38 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Codi · #254, 29y
Codie · #173, 30y
Cody-James · #2301, 14y
Cody-Lee · #1704, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Billie · #33, 35y
Reuben · #32, 43y
Alexis · #30, 41y
Harley · #45, 39y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Josh · #38, 36y
Reece · #38, 37y
Katelyn · #35, 36y
Beth · #40, 34y

Cody was ranked #37 in New Zealand · Boys in 2005. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cody and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cody without appearing here.

Cody moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Brittany Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5765 and #2925 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #4684.
Kerry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5765 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #4684.
Tyler Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Cody

Rory Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #1469.
Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3541 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #1863.
Diane Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2201.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2201.

Moved the opposite way to Cody

Denis Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cody went from #324 to #90 while Denis went from #68 to #232.
Frank Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cody went from #324 to #90 while Frank went from #201 to #286.
Julian Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cody went from #324 to #90 while Julian went from #242 to #348.
Mohammed Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cody went from #324 to #90 while Mohammed went from #324 to #468.

Moved the same way as Cody

Alexander Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cody went from #324 to #90 and Alexander from #113 to #55.
Ben Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cody went from #324 to #90 and Ben from #105 to #40.
Callum Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cody went from #324 to #90 and Callum from #230 to #49.
Leon Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cody went from #324 to #90 and Leon from #171 to #73.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1986 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #37 in New Zealand in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cody

Cody at a glance

What stands out in Cody's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cody across 8 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Cody by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Cody appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Cody

Cody and the names beside it

Cody moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cody

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Moved the same way as Cody

Cody at a glance

What stands out in Cody's record

Cody across 8 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Cody by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Cody appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Cody

Cody and the names beside it

Cody moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cody

Moved the opposite way to Cody

Moved the same way as Cody