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Bodhi

Meaning
Awakening, enlightenment
Origin
Sanskrit

Boy's name · #265 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Bodhi is climbing: on the charts since 1976, it reached #265 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 1,300 boys given the name last year. Roughly 14,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 48 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#57 in New Zealand (2025) · #63 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #65 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #83 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #115 in England & Wales (2025) · #165 in Ireland (2025) · #166 in Scotland (2025) · #170 in N. Ireland (2025) · #171 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,087 in Belgium (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #283 in Canada (2024).

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Together with its spelling variant Bodie (#275), Bodhi would rank around #141 with about 2,600 births last year — the newborns split about 51/49 between Bodhi and Bodie.

Similar names: Bohdi · Arjun · Bode · Cody · Rohan · Akaay

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