Bodie
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.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Bodie peaked in the 2020s.
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.
The Bodie deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Bodie truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Bodie fits with your family’s names and surname.
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