Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Codi 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 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Codi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,598
- 2,021 boys · 3,577 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 335 babies
- 2025
- 55
- #3,478 for girls · #7,288 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 31% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 44 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,478 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 35.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 182 in 1992. It also appeared in 11 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,496 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.
Codi’s family of names
In English usage, Codi has a related form in Cody.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Codi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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