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Bodhi

Boys' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~14,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#265 among boys
Births in 2025
1,331 14,854 since 1880
Typical age
6 years, median

Bodhi popularity over time

Bodhi rank by birth year, 1976–2025Bodhi ranked #5,587 in 1976 and #265 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #265, in 2025.#1,000#26519801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1976–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Bodhi was used most in 2025, when 1,331 babies were given the name. 1976 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. It reaches the top 1,000 in 16 years of the record.

As of 2025 the name sits at #265, with 1,331 births that year. The ten-year change is +2.2×. It climbed 36 places against the previous year.

Babies named Bodhi per yearPeaks at 1,331 births in 2025.1,331 in 2025019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Bodhi?

About 14,700 people named Bodhi are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 14,854 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Bodhi?

Median age among living Bodhis: 6. More of them were born in the 2020s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Bodhi a current name.

Your Bodhi

Ages of living people named BodhiHalf of living Bodhis are older than 6 and half younger.median 602040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Bodhi is most common

Relative to births, Hawaii carries 5.4× the national share of Bodhis. Montana, Vermont and Maine follow.

Where Bodhi is used more than average5 states use the name Bodhi more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: 2.9× the national rateMEVermont: 4.0× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: 4.5× the national rateMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: 2.8× the national rateORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: 5.4× the national rateHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Bodhi is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Hawaii 113 5.4×
Montana 97 4.5×
Vermont 33 4.0×
Maine 72 2.9×
Oregon 282 2.8×

Bodhi in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Bodhi ranked #115 in 2025 on 488 births. That is 27% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Bodhi comes from

Modern English usage from bodhi; influenced by characters in films and comics.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Bodhi

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Bodhi Elfman American actor 1969 16

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 601 in 2015 to 958 in 2016 — 1.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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