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Kodi

Kodi: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“helpful”
Origin
Irish
Say it
KOH-dee · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (54% girls, 46% boys since 1880)

Usually a modern spelling variant of Cody, from an Irish surname Ó Cuidighthigh. It can also be influenced by the place name Kodiak in rare cases.

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How popular is Kodi?

202488.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Kodi in 2024292

2024 rank#1,193 girls

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 18807,017

Kodi is rising: use over the last five years is 2.4× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kodi

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Codyhelpful; descendant of Cuidightheach · Irish
  • Kodyhelpful · Irish
  • Codihelpful; pillow · English
  • Rileyvaliant · Irish
  • Rowanlittle red-haired one · Irish
  • Quinndescendant of Conn · Irish
  • Roryred king · Irish
  • Lennonlover · Irish

Kodi questions

What does the name Kodi mean?

Kodi means "helpful". It comes from Irish. Usually a modern spelling variant of Cody, from an Irish surname Ó Cuidighthigh. It can also be influenced by the place name Kodiak in rare cases.

Is Kodi a boy or girl name?

Kodi is used for both: about 54% of US babies named Kodi since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Kodi?

292 US babies were named Kodi in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Kodi?

Kodi is usually pronounced KOH-dee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.