Bode

Meaning: Messenger; or booth, small house
Origin: German/Dutch

Boy's name · #748 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Bode is climbing: on the charts since 1998, it reached #748 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 350 boys given the name last year. Roughly 4,800 have carried it all-time.

Bode climbed in 2014, possibly helped by skier Bode Miller’s performance at that year’s Winter Olympics.

Across the states

In recent years, Bode ran about 8× its national rate in Maine.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 30 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Bode ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #1,813 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,239 in Canada (2024).

Famous Bodes

Bode Miller — American alpine ski racer
Bode George — Nigerian politician
Bode Hidalgo — American soccer player
Bode Thomas — Nigerian politician
Bode Akindele — Nigerian billionaire Industrialist

What Bodes become

Among 22 notable people named Bode:

No single standout — notable Bodes spread across many fields.

Similar names: Boden · Adler · Bodie · Zade · Dereck · Boone

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