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Koda

#411 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Friend, companion

Koda has been given to 7,573 babies in the U.S. since 1984. In 2025 it ranked #411 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 778 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% boys, 9% girls all-time.

Babies named Koda, 2025

1 in 4,260

Koda over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Koda over time

In 2025, Koda went to 9% girls and 91% boys.

19842025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Koda: meaning, origin, and history

Friend, companion

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Koda means

Koda means “friend, companion”.

Origin, language, and formation

Koda is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,919 boys were recorded with the name Koda between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 778 in 2025; its best national rank was #411 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #589 in 2020 to #411 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,036 in 2015 to #411 in 2025.

In the United States, 654 girls were recorded with the name Koda between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 80 in 2025; its best national rank was #2,289 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,578 in 2020 to #2,289 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,127 in 2015 to #2,289 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Koda?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 4,260
778 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 2,200
0.05% of boys
Rank, 2025
#411
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
2,955 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Koda 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 30Under 1%
Grade of 1002%
School of 50011%

Put another way: gather 2,955 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Koda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kodas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Koda was born before 2020 — so the typical Koda is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
56.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,919
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 56.6% of all recorded uses (3,917).

Is Koda 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
+53
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+178
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+625
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.99×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (778)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#411
2023

Spellings of Koda

Koda is not the most common spelling — Cody is, with 36.3% against Koda's 0.86%.

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 Koda is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Koda was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 741 boys, against 1 in 3,150 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 14,286).

7135 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 741
  2. 2Oklahoma1 in 990
  3. 3Oregon1 in 1,316
  4. 4Utah1 in 1,370
  5. 5Idaho1 in 1,408
  6. 6New Mexico1 in 1,563
  7. 7Arkansas1 in 1,587
  8. 8Nevada1 in 1,667

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, Koda is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 64% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Koda is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Koda was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 462,233 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Maryland1 in —
  4. 4Missouri1 in —
  5. 5Ohio1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Koda has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Koda around the world

Where Koda 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
    2005–2025
    #650
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2017–2025
    #560
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2022–2022
    #414
    in 2022
  • Ireland
    2018–2025
    #676
    in 2025
  • France
    2023–2025
    #6,056
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2004–2024
    #720
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2005–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Koda by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#411
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 178
Best rank ever
#411
2023
Peak year
2025
778 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,919
Count in 2025
778

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,289
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,289
Best rank ever
#2,289
2025
Peak year
2025
80 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
654
Count in 2025
80

Names similar to Koda

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

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Names with a curve like Koda

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

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Sibling names for Koda

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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