Girls' name · peaked in 1974
Jodie name popularity since 1925
29,810 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jodie (90.5% girls, 9.5% boys). Half of them were born in 1972 or earlier, so the typical Jodie is about 54 years old in 2026. Jodie peaked in 1974 as the #249 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 29,810
- Named Jodie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,316 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 90.5% girls
- 26,972 girls · 2,838 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.20× its national share
Peak year is the year Jodie 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.
Jodie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1970. Measured as a share of all babies, Jodie peaked in 1974.
- Fastest rise: Between 1952 and 1957, Jodie became 3.6× more common, from 1 in 15,200 baby girls to 1 in 4,220.
- Steepest fall: Between 1983 and 1988, its share of baby girls fell by 65%, from 1 in 2,940 to 1 in 8,480.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jodie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jodie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jodie 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 | 72 | 219 | – |
| 1930s | 159 | 330 | #2,367 |
| 1940s | 374 | 347 | #1,678 |
| 1950s | 2,711 | 398 | #583 |
| 1960s | 6,997 | 488 | #351 |
| 1970s | 9,010 | 471 | #270 |
| 1980s | 4,257 | 220 | #559 |
| 1990s | 1,876 | 132 | #931 |
| 2000s | 866 | 107 | #1,996 |
| 2010s | 416 | 83 | #4,536 |
| 2020–25 | 234 | 43 | #3,316 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
48.4% of babies named Jodie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Jodie is most popular
The index compares Jodie'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 Jodie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.20× | 457 |
| Wisconsin | 1.85× | 887 |
| Iowa | 1.84× | 571 |
| Minnesota | 1.73× | 771 |
| Michigan | 1.72× | 1,608 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jodie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jodie (this page) | 26,972 | 1974 |
| Jodi | 79,695 | 1970 |
| Jody | 55,828 | 1970 |
| 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 Jodie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jodie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jodie (1974).
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