as a First Name
Transferred use of the Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cuidighthigh ‘descendant of Cuidightheach’ (originally a byname for a helpful person), or of Mac Óda ‘son of Óda’ (a personal name of uncertain origin). Use as a given name in the United States especially has been at least in part inspired by William Frederick Cody (1846–1917), better known as ‘Buffalo Bill’, the showman of the Wild West.
| 510th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 86,527
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 270,893
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Utah
- has the most people named Cody per capita
- 1992
- marked the height of its popularity
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99.17%
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7%
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30-54
54%
13-29
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40%
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Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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