Mostly girls · peaked in 1970
Jody name popularity since 1925
87,336 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jody (63.9% girls, 36.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1969 or earlier, so the typical Jody is about 57 years old in 2026. Jody peaked in 1970 as the #153 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 87,336
- Named Jody, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,968 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 63.9% girls
- 55,828 girls · 31,508 boys
- Most popular in
- South Dakota
- 2.51× its national share
Peak year is the year Jody 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.
Jody births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1958. Measured as a share of all babies, Jody peaked in 1970.
- Fastest rise: Between 1946 and 1951, Jody became 4.3× more common, from 1 in 13,800 baby girls to 1 in 3,240.
- Steepest fall: Between 1985 and 1990, its share of baby girls fell by 65%, from 1 in 3,500 to 1 in 10,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jody's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jody.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jody 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 | 32 | 62 | – |
| 1930s | 260 | 146 | #1,251 |
| 1940s | 1,294 | 600 | #891 |
| 1950s | 13,276 | 3,404 | #206 |
| 1960s | 17,670 | 9,271 | #209 |
| 1970s | 16,222 | 11,479 | #162 |
| 1980s | 5,019 | 3,402 | #446 |
| 1990s | 1,264 | 1,417 | #1,363 |
| 2000s | 448 | 888 | #3,839 |
| 2010s | 231 | 576 | #6,844 |
| 2020–25 | 112 | 263 | #6,968 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.6% of babies named Jody from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Jody is most popular
The index compares Jody'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 Jody.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 2.51× | 655 |
| Minnesota | 2.35× | 3,516 |
| North Dakota | 2.30× | 594 |
| Montana | 2.29× | 550 |
| Iowa | 2.25× | 2,346 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jody 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jody (this page) | 55,828 | 1970 |
| Jodi | 79,695 | 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 Jody's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jody.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jody (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