Thirty years of Cody
Cody in numbers
Cody has risen from 40 boys in 1996 to 504 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 566 in 2011. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2002 and 2005, from 166 to 456. On average it was given to 70 boys a year in the late 1990s, 354 in the 2000s, 488 in the 2010s and 480 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+1%498 to 504
- 5 years+20%420 to 504
- 10 years-8%546 to 504
- 20 years+11%456 to 504
- Since 1996×1340 to 504
- Total, 1996 to 202511,579boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 102 · ONS · 498 in 2024
Rank 70 · NRS · 64 in 2024
Rank 77 · NISRA · 29 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | 504 | +1% | 1 in 597 |
| 2024 | 107 | 498 | -2% | 1 in 612 |
| 2023 | 103 | 510 | +2% | 1 in 594 |
| 2022 | 111 | 501 | +12% | 1 in 620 |
| 2021 | =126 | 449 | +7% | 1 in 713 |
| 2020 | =129 | 420 | +11% | 1 in 749 |
| 2019 | 149 | 378 | +3% | 1 in 871 |
| 2018 | 153 | 368 | -15% | 1 in 917 |
| 2017 | 138 | 432 | -12% | 1 in 806 |
| 2016 * | 126 | 491 | -10% | 1 in 725 |
| 2015 | 116 | 546 | +1% | 1 in 656 |
| 2014 | 113 | 541 | +10% | 1 in 659 |
| 2013 | =123 | 494 | -6% | 1 in 725 |
| 2012 | 123 | 526 | -7% | 1 in 712 |
| 2011 | 115 | 566 | +6% | 1 in 655 |
| 2010 | 116 | 536 | -4% | 1 in 692 |
| 2009 | 109 | 558 | +0% | 1 in 649 |
| 2008 | 107 | 558 | +7% | 1 in 650 |
| 2007 | 111 | 522 | +6% | 1 in 679 |
| 2006 | 115 | 494 | +8% | 1 in 693 |
| 2005 | 119 | 456 | +38% | 1 in 725 |
| 2004 | 142 | 331 | +59% | 1 in 992 |
| 2003 | =185 | 208 | +25% | 1 in 1,531 |
| 2002 | =203 | 166 | +21% | 1 in 1,844 |
| 2001 | =222 | 137 | +23% | 1 in 2,223 |
| 2000 | =255 | 111 | +5% | 1 in 2,789 |
| 1999 | =266 | 106 | +43% | 1 in 3,012 |
| 1998 | =327 | 74 | +28% | 1 in 4,404 |
| 1997 | =386 | 58 | +45% | 1 in 5,682 |
| 1996 | =464 | 40 | 1 in 8,337 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate