Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bodhi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,854
- 14,292 boys · 562 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 1,331 babies
- 2025
- 1,331
- #265 for boys · #4,571 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,301 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 265 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 7.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 30 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (163). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,239 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bodhi’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Bodhi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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