Coda is the Italian word for "tail" and the musical term for the closing passage of a piece, which gives the name a sense of a satisfying ending or a youngest child. For many parents it is also a spelling of Koda, the bear cub in Disney's Brother Bear, whose name was presented as "friend" in Lakota; the film's 2003 release explains the name's 2004 peak at number 2248. Coda ranked number 5631 in 2000 and stands at number 2650 in 2025 with 49 boys.