Unisex name · since 1984
Koda
6,919 babies named Koda in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,471 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #412 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,919
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Koda currently ranks #412 among unisex names in America, with 6,919 babies recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Koda has been recorded 6,919 times among boys since 1984, currently ranked #412 nationally and more common than 97% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #1,471 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #412 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 6,919 born since 1984
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Koda ranks #1,471 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #412 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 6,919 born since 1984, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,471 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #412 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,919
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Koda's 6,919 recorded births place it above 96.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Koda compares
6,919 Top 11% higher than 89% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Koda's all-time total is 19x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Koda | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,919 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 778 | 34 | 22,252 |
Koda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Koda's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 93% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 7%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 778, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Koda popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 778
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Koda popularity over time - girls
654 total births recorded since 1988 (Koda as girls' name)
Koda by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (3,917 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Koda's strongest decade.
3,917 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Koda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 57
1980s
57 births
- 1990s 62
1990s
62 births
- 2000s 776
2000s
776 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,107 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,917 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 3,917 births (57% of all-time use).
How Koda compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Koda's total volume
Koda by state
Where Koda concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 621 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 587 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 293 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Washington | | 257 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 230 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 209 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Utah | | 207 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 202 | 2.9% |
621 of 6,919 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Koda appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Kodas (621 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Koda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1984–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Koda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.