Codi
Feminine · “descendant of the helpful one”
Codi is given to both — 3,577 girls and 2,021 boys since 1880. See Codi as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Codi is a spelling of Cody, an Irish surname whose meaning is a plain and useful one: the descendant of the helpful one. It became an American name through the West.
How old is the name Codi?
Codi first appears in US birth records in 1961 — 64 years ago. The typical Codi alive today was born around 1992, making them about 33 years old. About 3,500 people named Codi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Codi most popular?
Codi peaked in 1992, reaching #1025 nationally. Today it ranks #3459, 2,434 places below that high. See the whole 1992 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Ó Cuidighthigh to Codi
The story of Codi
Ó Cuidighthigh and Ó Cúda were Irish families whose names both became Cody in English. The surname reached America with Irish emigration, and a nineteenth-century showman made it famous across the world with a traveling exhibition of the American West. It moved into given-name use for boys in the 1980s and, in the spellings Codi, Codie and Cody, for girls at the same time.
Meaningscholars disagree
descendant of the helpful one
The usual derivation is Irish Ó Cuidighthigh, built on a word meaning helpful. A second line takes it from Ó Cúda, of uncertain meaning. Both were anglicized as Cody, and the two families are distinct.
How the name formed
- Ó Cuidighthigh
- Cody
- Codi
Related forms: Ó Cuidighthigh · Cody
Pronouncing Codi
KOH-dee
Two syllables, first stressed. Every spelling of the name sounds the same.
Nicknames for Codi
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1961
- Most girls named
- 1992182 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1025reached in 1992
- Change vs 2024
- +12.8%44 in 2025, from 39
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Codi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ó Cuidighthigh in Irish — related form
- Cody in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Louisiana.
Codis among us
people named Codi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 36,529 born in 2025 was named Codi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Codi
- #3459
- Codi on the 2025 chart
- #702
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Codi went to 44 girls in 2025, but Kodi, Cody and Kody and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 263, which makes it the 702nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,757 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 6,111 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 36,529 for Codi itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Madalene test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Codi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Madalene climbed just as high around 1915, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Madalene's path sketches the road Codi is walking now.
Codi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Codi is headed
Codi should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Codi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Codi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented Irish meaning that is pleasant and easy to explain.
- Four letters and two syllables, very quick to write.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Cody is far more common and strongly read as a boys' name.
- The Wild West association is unavoidable for older Americans.
- Codi, Codie, Kodi and Cody are four live spellings of one name.
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Feminine · #3459 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Codis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,500 people named Codi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Codi?
- Codi is one of 5 recorded spellings. Kodi is the more common one — 171 births in 2025 against 44 for Codi.
- How popular is the name Codi in 2025?
- Codi ranks #3459 among US girl names in 2025, with 44 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Codi?
- About 1 in every 36,529 US girls born in 2025 was named Codi — 44 in all.
- Will my child share the name Codi with classmates?
- Codi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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