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Bodhi

#265 in 2025Boys' name

Enlightenment in Buddhism

Bodhi has been given to 14,854 babies in the U.S. since 1976. In 2025 it ranked #265 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 1,301 recorded.

Babies named Bodhi, 2025

1 in 2,550

Bodhi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05001K1.5K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bodhi: meaning, origin, and history

Enlightenment in Buddhism

Sanskrit

What Bodhi means

Bodhi means “Enlightenment in Buddhism”.

The naming story behind Bodhi

Bodhi comes from Sanskrit vocabulary associated with enlightenment in Buddhism. Its cultural significance belongs to that religious and philosophical context. Bodie is a documented variant.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Modern English usage from bodhi; influenced by characters in films and comics.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Bodhi (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Bodhi is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 14,292 boys were recorded with the name Bodhi between 1976 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,301 in 2025; its best national rank was #265 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #295 in 2020 to #265 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #498 in 2015 to #265 in 2025.

In the United States, 562 girls were recorded with the name Bodhi between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 68 in 2019; its best national rank was #2,566 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,189 in 2020 to #4,570 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,333 in 2015 to #4,570 in 2025.

How common is Bodhi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 2,550
1,301 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 1,310
0.08% of boys
Rank, 2025
#265
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
1,767 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bodhi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 301%
Grade of 1004%
School of 50018%

Put another way: gather 1,767 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bodhi. In a class of 30 the chance is 1%.

When Bodhis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bodhi was born before 2019 — so the typical Bodhi is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
49.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
14,292
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 49.3% of all recorded uses (7,042).

Is Bodhi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+36
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+30
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+233
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.22×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (1,301)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#265
2025

Spellings of Bodhi

Bodhi is the most-used spelling, taking 33.4% of the 42,811 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Bodhi is used

Across 2016–2025, Bodhi was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 314 boys, against 1 in 1,367 across all states with data. It was least common in Mississippi (1 in 3,846).

26318 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 314
  2. 2Montana1 in 365
  3. 3Vermont1 in 415
  4. 4Maine1 in 559
  5. 5Oregon1 in 568
  6. 6Colorado1 in 671
  7. 7Idaho1 in 680
  8. 8Alaska1 in 685

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Bodhi is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 65% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Bodhi around the world

Where Bodhi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2025
    #115
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2010–2025
    #166
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2016–2025
    #169
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2012–2025
    #165
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2003–2024
    #283
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1983–2013
    #239
    in 2013
  • New South Wales
    2017–2025
    #63
    in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada, Consumer and Business Services (South Australia) and NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA, NSW BDM data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Bodhi

People whose public names include Bodhi, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Bodhi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#265
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 30
Best rank ever
#265
2025
Peak year
2025
1,301 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
14,292
Count in 2025
1,301

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,570
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,381
Best rank ever
#2,566
2019
Peak year
2019
68 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
562
Count in 2025
30

Names similar to Bodhi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BodieBodenBodeBodeeBodeyBodiBodinBodynAadhiBodhieBodhinBodanBodeanBrodhiBodheBodhanBodhisattva

Names with a curve like Bodhi

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Bodhi, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

HendrixKaysonLennoxZaynRemyKyrieDaxtonBowenOdinOakleyKashBeckham

Sibling names for Bodhi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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