Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Codey isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Codey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,247
- 3,219 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 230 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,410 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −66%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,410 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 230 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,563 as a first name in 2020; 147 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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