Koda

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 56 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
56
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#411
up from #464
UK popularity
#650
56 babies · up from #691

How Koda has moved

US popularity rank, 2016–2025. Lower is more popular.
#335#670#1004201620212025#411

View as table
YearUS rank
2016#928
2017#864
2018#713
2019#636
2020#587
2021#520
2022#471
2023#413
2024#464
2025#411

Koda by the numbers

In 2025, 56 babies in England and Wales were named Koda. In the US, 280 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Koda

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Koda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kodyhelpful; a form of Cody73 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Koawarrior; a type of tree259 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kodihelpful; a modern respelling of Cody37 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Konalady; woman31 in the US (2017)
  • Kodah65 in the US (2017)
  • Kota55 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Koda

Names that are said the same way as Koda, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Codaconcluding section of a musical piece36 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Koda

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