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Kody

Kody is a boy's name meaning "Irish Ó Cuidighthigh, helpful", drawing on Irish roots. It has faded some since the 1990s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is a name that stands out a little. It has shown up in U.S. birth records across 7 of the last twelve decades.

EtymologyVariant of Cody
IrishIrish "Ó Cuidighthigh" – "helpful"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
5
1960s
85
1970s
535
1980s
3,154
1990s
10,206
2000s
6,005
2010s
2,700
Peaked in the 1990s · 22,690 total U.S. births since 1900