Cody is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “helpful.” In 2024 it was given to 1,161 boys in the United States.
Cody at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Irish & Celtic
Meaning
“helpful”
Pronunciation
/ˈkəʊdi/
About the name Cody
Cody belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “helpful” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Cody first appears in Social Security records in 1884. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #24 in 1991, and in 2024 1,161 babies received the name — 290,917 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.