Bodie
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Meaning
modern name of uncertain origin, sometimes linked to Boyd
The story
Bodie is a modern boys' name of honestly uncertain origin, sometimes linked to the Scottish surname Boyd, and carrying, for those who know their ghost towns, the name of the wildest mining camp California ever abandoned to the wind. The sound is doing the work either way: two syllables, open vowel, the same easy shape that carried Bodhi, its dharma-flavored neighbor at about 14,900, up the same decades. Bodie's own record is a live riser: about 250 in the 1990s, 1,000 in the 2000s, 2,300 in the 2010s, and already 4,800 so far this decade, more than twice the full 2010s with years to run. It goes to boys about 8,600 to 110. A name with a question mark in the dictionary and no hesitation at all in the record: families are not waiting for the etymology to settle.
How popular is Bodie around the world?
In the United States, 4,793 babies were named Bodie between 2020 and 2025. In New Zealand, 15 boys named Bodie were registered in 2025.
Bodie is on the official records of the United States, New Zealand, England and Wales, Canada, South Australia and Ireland.
United States
1 in 4,500
In the United States, 4,793 babies were named Bodie between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Bodie peaked in the 2020s. Bodie went to 220 US babies in 2015 and 1,268 in 2025, 5.8 times as many.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
New Zealand
1 in 3,800
In New Zealand, 15 boys named Bodie were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
England and Wales
1 in 6,300
In England and Wales, 89 boys named Bodie were born in 2025, the 438th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Canada
1 in 6,300
In Canada, 58 boys named Bodie were born in 2024, the 503rd most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
South Australia
1 in 9,2002017
In South Australia, 2 boys were registered as Bodie in 2017.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Ireland
1 in 18,000
In Ireland, 3 boys named Bodie were born in 2025, the 829th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
Scotland
last on record 2023
Bodie is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Bodie
Most people given the name Bodie in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
Keep exploring
The Bodie deep dive
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