Coda
Coda was the 2650th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 49 babies. Its best year was 2004, when it ranked 2248th; the most babies were born in 2024 (56). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,055 places. More babies were named Coda in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Koda) Origin not documented
- Rank in 2025
- #2,650 boys, down 24 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 49boys
- Girls and boys
- 22% girls, 78% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202456 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,144babies recorded
What does the name Coda mean?
Coda is a spelling of Koda, pronounced the same way, so it shares Koda's meaning and origin.
Koda is a modern American name, mostly for boys. Wiktionary lists it without an etymology. It is often said to be a Native American word for "friend" (compare Dakota, which Wiktionary glosses "ally"), and a bear cub named Koda appears in Disney's Brother Bear (2003), but no dictionary source confirms a meaning for Koda itself. Its origin is treated as undocumented.
How sure is this? Not documented. Claimed Native American meaning is not documented.
Other explanations you may read: Native American for 'friend'.
Related names: Dakota, Kodah, Cody.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Koda', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Dakota', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (usage history only), US Social Security Administration
Coda popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,986 | #2,650 | 11 | 49 |
| 2020 | #8,514 | #2,626 | 12 | 48 |
| 2010 | — | #5,789 | — | 15 |
| 2000 | — | #5,631 | — | 12 |
| 1990 | #13,415 | #6,535 | 5 | 7 |
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How popular is Coda, counting every spelling?
Coda is a spelling of Koda, a name family that ranked #376 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,650 for Coda on its own. Together these spellings went to 885 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koda | 778 | #411 | 3,447 |
| Coda | 49 | #2,650 | 244 |
| Kodah | 44 | #2,863 | 197 |
| Codah | 14 | #6,192 | 62 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Coda?
49 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Coda (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Coda born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 171 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Coda.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Coda?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Coda are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 5 and 20. That makes Coda a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Coda by state
How common Coda was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Coda: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Coda, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Coda
How popular is the name Coda?
Coda was the 2650th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 49 babies. Its best year was 2004, when it ranked 2248th; the most babies were born in 2024 (56). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,055 places. More babies were named Coda in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Coda a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 22% girls, 78% boys given the name Coda in the US.
Where is Coda most popular?
In 2021–2025, Coda was most common in Texas (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Florida and Florida.