Meaning and history
From an Irish surname, Cody is an Anglicized form of both Irish Gaelic Ó Cuidighthigh, meaning “descendant of the helpful one,” and Mac Óda, meaning “son of Odo.” A well-known bearer of the surname was the American frontiersman and showman Buffalo Bill Cody (1846–1917).
20062006: 4,106 births, rank #105
2007: 3,562 births, rank #120
2008: 3,509 births, rank #123
2009: 3,006 births, rank #135
2010: 2,447 births, rank #157
20112011: 2,177 births, rank #173
2012: 2,011 births, rank #188
2013: 1,758 births, rank #214
2014: 1,748 births, rank #219
2015: 1,596 births, rank #237
20162016: 1,409 births, rank #255
2017: 1,298 births, rank #278
2018: 1,254 births, rank #280
2019: 1,212 births, rank #285
2020: 1,133 births, rank #297
20212021: 1,076 births, rank #312
2022: 1,115 births, rank #302
2023: 1,086 births, rank #304
2024: 1,168 births, rank #289
20252025: 1,076 births, rank #318
Cody moved from #289 to #318 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1992, with 19,876 births.