Kodiak

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
30
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kodiak by the numbers

Kodiak was given to 30 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 Kodiak

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

  • Kodah65 in the US (2017)
  • Kodie22 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kadian7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kodiak

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