Kodah

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 65 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
65
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kodah by the numbers

Kodah was given to 65 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

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 Kodah

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 Kodah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Koda56 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Koah51 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kedardark; mighty; a biblical place name3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kadarpowerful, mighty5 in the US (2017)
  • Kodie22 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kodiak30 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kodah

Names that are said the same way as Kodah, 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 Kodah

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