Names / Boy names
Kodiak
Current rank
#3,905
holding steady
All-time peak
#2,595
in 1994
First recorded
1988
in U.S. data
Children named
791
since 1988
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,595 in 1994 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Kodiak enters U.S. records in American naming records in 1988, where it reads as a boys' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Roughly 791 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.