Kody

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning helpful; a form of Cody.

Babies a year
73
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#529
73 babies · up from #576

How Kody has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2023. Lower is more popular.
#687#882#1077201520192023#995

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#769
2016#827
2017#826
2018#891
2019#835
2020#954
2021#983
2023#995

Kody by the numbers

In 2025, 73 babies in England and Wales were named Kody. In the US, 284 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 1,169 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Cody

Like Kody, each of these traces back to Cody: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Codeyhelpful; a form of Cody6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cody-Leecushion; combined form of Cody and Lee4 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Kodihelpful; a modern respelling of Cody37 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kobysupplanter; a form of Jacob or Jacoby60 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Korya form of Corey or Cory; maiden74 in the US (2017)
  • Koda56 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Koy27 in the US (2017)
  • Kodey5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kody

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

  • Codyhelpful; descendant of Ó Cuidighthigh504 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Codihelpful; a respelling of Cody10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Codiecushion; a form of Cody9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kodie22 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Khodi22 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a helper

Like Kody, each of these has a helper in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Ezrahelp, helper1,300 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alexisdefender, helper2,847 in the US (2017)
  • Alexdefender, helper; short form of Alexander or Alexis2,766 in the US (2017)
  • Adrielmy help is god; flock of god1,553 in the US (2017)
  • Marshallhorse servant or stable master938 in the US (2017)
  • Sergioattendant or servant937 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kody

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