Kodie Name Meaning & Historical Trends

Kodie

Pronunciation: KOH-dee

Meaning Descendant of the helpful one Gender Unisex
GIRLS RANK
#3,052
TREND
140
BOYS RANK
#6,294
TREND
962

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of girls named Kodie in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Kodie

  • More than 2 thousand babies named Kodie: U.S. records list 2,741 babies given the name Kodie from 1880 through 2025. Of these, 1,361 boys received the name Kodie.

What Does the Name Kodie Mean?

Kodie is a respelling of Cody, a surname and given name of Irish origin. The usual explanation traces Cody to the Gaelic surname Ó Cuidighthigh, meaning "descendant of Cuidightheach," a byname built on cuidightheach, "helpful" or "helper." On this reading the literal sense is "descendant of the helpful one."

A second explanation connects the surname to Mac Óda, "son of Óda," where Óda is a personal name of Norman origin, sometimes linked to Otto. Which derivation lies behind the surname in any given family is not always certain. The spelling Kodie carries no separate etymology of its own; it is a respelling of the same name.

Kodie Name History & Origins

Cody is an anglicized form of an Irish Gaelic surname. Families of the name are recorded in Ireland, and the surname spread with Irish emigration, especially to the United States and Britain, where it became established as a family name before it was widely used as a given name.

Its use as a first name came later than its use as a surname. The spelling Kodie follows a familiar English pattern in which a surname-derived name is respelled with a final -ie, as with Katie from Katherine or Charlie from Charles. Kodie is used for both boys and girls. The form is recent and does not represent a separate historical name with its own line of development.

How Popular is the Name Kodie?

Kodie has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1992. Its best rank was #1,259 in 1992.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Kodie Shapes Your Personality and Life?

EXTREMES in fortune, health and spirituality. You are very versatile, idealistic and intuitive. You either enjoy great success or suffer abject misery. The solution is service to others. Use your leadership abilities for humanity and not for self-glorification. You are frank, methodical and believe in law, system and order.

Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.

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