Girls' name · peaked in 1970
Jodi name popularity since 1925
80,657 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jodi (98.8% girls, 1.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1971 or earlier, so the typical Jodi is about 55 years old in 2026. Jodi peaked in 1970 as the #95 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 80,657
- Named Jodi, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,029 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.8% girls
- 79,695 girls · 962 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 3.75× its national share
Peak year is the year Jodi made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jodi births per year, 1925–2025
1970 was the biggest year for Jodi both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1952 and 1957, Jodi became 6.6× more common, from 1 in 14,800 baby girls to 1 in 2,260.
- Steepest fall: Between 1985 and 1990, its share of baby girls fell by 57%, from 1 in 1,580 to 1 in 3,670.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jodi's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jodi.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jodi in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 203 | 0 | #2,824 |
| 1950s | 5,290 | 42 | #471 |
| 1960s | 26,874 | 226 | #127 |
| 1970s | 30,352 | 330 | #94 |
| 1980s | 11,603 | 123 | #237 |
| 1990s | 3,417 | 53 | #665 |
| 2000s | 1,192 | 83 | #1,749 |
| 2010s | 503 | 76 | #3,626 |
| 2020–25 | 261 | 29 | #4,029 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
61.3% of babies named Jodi from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Jodi is most popular
The index compares Jodi's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jodi.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 3.75× | 922 |
| Minnesota | 3.02× | 4,294 |
| South Dakota | 2.90× | 721 |
| Wisconsin | 2.76× | 4,244 |
| Iowa | 2.67× | 2,653 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jodi and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jodi (this page) | 79,695 | 1970 |
| Jody | 55,828 | 1970 |
| Jodie | 26,972 | 1974 |
| Jodee | 3,112 | 1973 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jodi's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jodi.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jodi (1970).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data