Cody
Cody is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 282,756 male / 4,965 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Cody
If you do not know Cody’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Cody,” in English, “Guten Tag Cody,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Cody,
German
Guten Tag Cody,
French
Bonjour Cody,
Spanish
Estimado/a Cody:
Chinese
Cody您好：
Japanese
Cody様
English
Hi Cody,
German
Hi Cody,
French
Salut Cody,
Spanish
Hola Cody,
Chinese
Cody你好：
Japanese
Codyさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | man's name |
United States birth data
282,756 male · 4,965 female · 287,721 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 98.6% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Cody a male or female name?
Cody is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Cody in an email?
If you do not know Cody’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Cody,” in English, “Guten Tag Cody,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Cody a unisex name?
Cody is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Cody a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/cody. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_cody,
title = {Is Cody a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/cody},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}