Jodi

#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to girls 98.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1974 · 3,306 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
79,695
since 1940

Jodi over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #91, 1974girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,97536#9,7147
2024#3,22549#10,9386
2023#4,11435—
2022#3,41646#8,3009
2021#3,15751—
2020#3,45044#9,5547
2019#3,55243#8,8898
2018#3,43845#10,7606
2017#3,62742#10,7756
2016#3,92338#8,8168
2015#3,59543—
2014#2,68365#12,1085
2013#3,31448#6,24113
2012#2,97857#6,00114
2011#2,61468#8,7678
2010#3,07554#8,8038
2009#2,64369#10,9946
2008#2,44178#5,76715
2007#2,08597#4,99618
2006#1,988100#6,90411
2005#1,741113#11,4725
2004#1,746110#7,5369
2003#1,463134#10,8945
2002#1,240161#5,13114
2001#1,244160—
2000#1,176170—
1999#943222—
1998#910232#6,8438
1997#808257—
1996#749282#7,1367
1995#665321#8,8685
1994#660324#6,9687
1993#602385#7,6386
1992#531445#6,1288
1991#546431#7,2716
1990#474518#7,1786
1989#403614#4,81110
1988#348712#7,2705
1987#308791#5,4597
1986#277895#3,65312
1985#2371,086#5,7856
1984#2111,229#3,70111
1983#1881,428#3,63011
1982#1761,569#2,59618
1981#1731,579#2,49619
1980#1671,700#2,16224
1979#1401,977#2,46519
1978#1282,265#2,01224
1977#1052,730#1,54636
1976#1022,672#1,57234
1975#943,107#1,55933
1974#913,306#1,79026
1973#1003,024#1,20147
1972#973,259#1,81924
1971#943,826#1,23545
1970#954,186#1,27842
1969#953,865#1,39633
1968#973,598#1,33933
1967#1033,367#1,38830
1966#1183,031#1,45028
1965#1273,054#1,72021
1964#1452,800#1,70022
1963#1961,899#2,67310
1962#1981,851#2,03516
1961#1971,848#1,82320
1960#2131,561#2,31513
1959#2261,398#2,20014
1958#2401,272#2,64210
1957#305904#3,0248
1956#368570—
1955#471372—
1954#537273#3,8275
1953#597219#3,7985
1952#811125—
1951#1,01484—
1950#1,07673—
1949#1,26552—
1948#1,46140—
1947#1,57636—
1946#2,15319—
1945#2,74211—
1944#2,28715—
1943#3,8017—
1942#3,7387—
1941#3,0309—
1940#3,5037—
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First appearance
1940

The first year at least five girls were named Jodi! It came in at #3,503, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1940–1943, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Jodi is popular in 1979

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jodi, so not publishedAKMaine: #75 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 339 girlsMEVermont: #88 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 309 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #107 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 438 girlsNHWashington: #111 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 539 girlsWAIdaho: #135 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 576 girlsIDMontana: #33 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 142 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #58 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 243 girlsNDMinnesota: #67 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 319 girlsMNIllinois: #141 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 732 girlsILWisconsin: #55 for girls · 117 births · 1 in 261 girlsWIMichigan: #95 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 477 girlsMINew York: #157 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 811 girlsNYMassachusetts: #143 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 652 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jodi, so not publishedRIOregon: #141 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 671 girlsORNevada: #126 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 465 girlsNVWyoming: #54 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 204 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #78 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 313 girlsSDIowa: #65 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 285 girlsIAIndiana: #116 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 566 girlsINOhio: #107 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 522 girlsOHPennsylvania: #106 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 511 girlsPANew Jersey: #169 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 865 girlsNJConnecticut: #165 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 817 girlsCTCalifornia: #364 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 1,992 girlsCAUtah: #81 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 365 girlsUTColorado: #134 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 622 girlsCONebraska: #59 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 240 girlsNEMissouri: #144 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 702 girlsMOKentucky: #228 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,289 girlsKYWest Virginia: #103 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 487 girlsWVVirginia: #218 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,167 girlsVAMaryland: #315 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,947 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jodi, so not publishedDEArizona: #164 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 714 girlsAZNew Mexico: #309 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,445 girlsNMKansas: #139 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 653 girlsKSArkansas: #219 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,080 girlsARTennessee: #193 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,055 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #295 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,933 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #232 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,150 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jodi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #184 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 882 girlsOKLouisiana: #230 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,170 girlsLAMississippi: #245 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,113 girlsMSAlabama: #306 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,763 girlsALGeorgia: #252 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,345 girlsGAHawaii: #174 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 595 girlsHITexas: #246 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 1,277 girlsTXFlorida: #182 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 977 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#33 · 1 in 142
  2. Wyoming#54 · 1 in 204
  3. Wisconsin#55 · 1 in 261
  4. North Dakota#58 · 1 in 243
  5. Nebraska#59 · 1 in 240

Best ever in a state: #9 in North Dakota, 1970.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#33331 in 142
Wyoming#54141 in 204
Wisconsin#551171 in 261
North Dakota#58191 in 243
Nebraska#59431 in 240
Iowa#65691 in 285
Minnesota#67871 in 319
Maine#75181 in 339
South Dakota#78151 in 313
Utah#81441 in 365
Vermont#8881 in 309
Michigan#951251 in 477
West Virginia#103251 in 487
Pennsylvania#1061341 in 511
New Hampshire#107111 in 438
Ohio#1071381 in 522
Washington#111471 in 539
Indiana#116641 in 566
Nevada#12681 in 465
Colorado#134301 in 622
Idaho#135121 in 576
Kansas#139221 in 653
Illinois#1411021 in 732
Oregon#141251 in 671
Massachusetts#143471 in 652
Missouri#144461 in 702
New York#1571221 in 811
Arizona#164251 in 714
Connecticut#165181 in 817
New Jersey#169431 in 865
Hawaii#17481 in 595
Florida#182481 in 977
Oklahoma#184211 in 882
Tennessee#193271 in 1,055
Virginia#218251 in 1,167
Arkansas#219121 in 1,080
Kentucky#228191 in 1,289
Louisiana#230251 in 1,170
South Carolina#232151 in 1,150
Mississippi#245141 in 1,113
Texas#246871 in 1,277
Georgia#252251 in 1,345
North Carolina#295171 in 1,933
Alabama#306131 in 1,763
New Mexico#30961 in 1,445
Maryland#315101 in 1,947
California#364821 in 1,992
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jodi
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 750 spots since 2024 (#3,225 → #3,975)
  • 525 spots since 2020 (#3,450 → #3,975)
  • 380 spots since 2015 (#3,595 → #3,975)
  • Biggest jump: 214 spots in 1953 (#811 → #597)
  • Biggest drop: 233 spots in 2000 (#943 → #1,176)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1940
  • Peaked 1974 at #91 (3,306 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1968–1975
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1952–1999
Share of babies · girls
1 in 418
  • Highest: 1 in 418 girls born in 1970 were named Jodi (0.24%)
  • Latest: 1 in 44,646 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #91 in 1974, was only 1 in 444 (0.23%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 38.1% of all girls named Jodi (30,352) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s203#1,265 (1949)#2,556
1950s5,290#226 (1959)#565
1960s26,874#95 (1969)#149
1970s30,352#91 (1974)#105
1980s11,603#167 (1980)#249
1990s3,417#474 (1990)#689
2000s1,192#1,176 (2000)#1,777
2010s503#2,614 (2011)#3,280
2020s261#3,157 (2021)#3,556

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jodi in 1979

girls
#140
1,977 births · 1 in 812 girls
boys
#2,465
19 births · 1 in 90,607 boys

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #140Jodi1,977

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #2,465Jodi19
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 812 of them was named Jodi, which outranked 98.8% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jodi
  1. #137Kendra2,069
  2. #138Carolyn2,053
  3. #139Molly2,022
  4. #140Jodi1,977
  5. #141Monique1,975
  6. #142Carla1,969
  7. #143Meredith1,962
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,593Breanne#2,125 → #532
  2. ↑ 1,527Loni#2,516 → #989
  3. ↑ 1,287Renata#2,012 → #725
  4. ↑ 985Ashanti#1,862 → #877
  5. ↑ 896Nicolette#1,581 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 392Christel#762 → #1,154
  2. ↓ 312Kenisha#557 → #869
  3. ↓ 297Ariane#887 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 285Imelda#947 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 252Farrah#539 → #791

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 90,607 of them was named Jodi, which outranked 65.1% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jodi
  1. #2,379Tyreese20
  2. #2,379Wiliam20
  3. #2,379Willian20
  4. #2,465Jodi19
  5. #2,465Ace19
  6. #2,465Agapito19
  7. #2,465Alva19
  8. #2,568Adnan18
  9. #2,568Alaric18
  10. #2,568Aleksandar18

Tied with 102 names at #2,465; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,228Tyrel#2,134 → #906
  2. ↑ 471Jace#1,186 → #715
  3. ↑ 387Chaz#1,371 → #984
  4. ↑ 311Tyrell#1,051 → #740
  5. ↑ 308Frederic#1,203 → #895
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,230Dequan#927 → #2,157
  2. ↓ 641Rahsaan#869 → #1,510
  3. ↓ 446Chip#989 → #1,435
  4. ↓ 308Rashaun#996 → #1,304
  5. ↓ 307Kenya#749 → #1,056

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1979 →