Jody
#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births · #3,036 for boys in 2025, 40 births
Given to girls 63.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 2,200 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 55,845since 1919
Jody over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,838 | 16 | #3,036 | 40 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | #2,674 | 49 |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | #2,614 | 50 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #3,216 | 37 |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 | #2,695 | 47 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | #2,925 | 40 |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 | #3,347 | 34 |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | #2,472 | 52 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 | #2,597 | 48 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | #2,587 | 48 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | #2,300 | 57 |
| 2014 | #5,310 | 25 | #2,063 | 68 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 | #2,205 | 59 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 | #2,172 | 61 |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 | #1,886 | 74 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 | #1,898 | 75 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 | #1,925 | 74 |
| 2008 | #4,761 | 31 | #1,775 | 84 |
| 2007 | #3,918 | 40 | #1,539 | 102 |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 | #1,638 | 87 |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 | #1,691 | 79 |
| 2004 | #3,127 | 49 | #1,384 | 103 |
| 2003 | #3,291 | 44 | #1,356 | 100 |
| 2002 | #2,673 | 57 | #1,459 | 87 |
| 2001 | #2,766 | 53 | #1,379 | 92 |
| 2000 | #2,306 | 67 | #1,504 | 80 |
| 1999 | #1,962 | 80 | #1,203 | 106 |
| 1998 | #1,667 | 96 | #1,133 | 110 |
| 1997 | #1,802 | 83 | #1,154 | 106 |
| 1996 | #1,532 | 104 | #979 | 128 |
| 1995 | #1,355 | 121 | #987 | 126 |
| 1994 | #1,394 | 116 | #883 | 150 |
| 1993 | #1,185 | 146 | #921 | 136 |
| 1992 | #1,109 | 161 | #896 | 139 |
| 1991 | #1,071 | 169 | #712 | 202 |
| 1990 | #981 | 188 | #693 | 214 |
| 1989 | #833 | 227 | #674 | 219 |
| 1988 | #703 | 271 | #582 | 252 |
| 1987 | #662 | 283 | #577 | 249 |
| 1986 | #595 | 324 | #542 | 271 |
| 1985 | #446 | 491 | #506 | 295 |
| 1984 | #393 | 552 | #469 | 322 |
| 1983 | #372 | 602 | #456 | 331 |
| 1982 | #348 | 677 | #440 | 366 |
| 1981 | #319 | 744 | #356 | 493 |
| 1980 | #292 | 848 | #316 | 604 |
| 1979 | #251 | 994 | #280 | 731 |
| 1978 | #215 | 1,169 | #245 | 843 |
| 1977 | #184 | 1,500 | #208 | 1,061 |
| 1976 | #164 | 1,565 | #211 | 996 |
| 1975 | #162 | 1,685 | #220 | 939 |
| 1974 | #154 | 1,777 | #195 | 1,124 |
| 1973 | #163 | 1,687 | #185 | 1,242 |
| 1972 | #172 | 1,708 | #181 | 1,339 |
| 1971 | #162 | 1,937 | #161 | 1,704 |
| 1970 | #153 | 2,200 | #184 | 1,500 |
| 1969 | #165 | 1,959 | #175 | 1,589 |
| 1968 | #169 | 1,912 | #190 | 1,298 |
| 1967 | #194 | 1,628 | #215 | 1,057 |
| 1966 | #186 | 1,759 | #268 | 752 |
| 1965 | #209 | 1,571 | #290 | 676 |
| 1964 | #210 | 1,663 | #286 | 741 |
| 1963 | #206 | 1,725 | #284 | 735 |
| 1962 | #202 | 1,780 | #322 | 592 |
| 1961 | #200 | 1,832 | #272 | 837 |
| 1960 | #196 | 1,841 | #254 | 994 |
| 1959 | #190 | 1,860 | #266 | 897 |
| 1958 | #170 | 2,226 | #295 | 661 |
| 1957 | #176 | 2,134 | #388 | 389 |
| 1956 | #194 | 1,749 | #439 | 292 |
| 1955 | #206 | 1,509 | #425 | 297 |
| 1954 | #246 | 1,096 | #514 | 201 |
| 1953 | #285 | 852 | #510 | 190 |
| 1952 | #275 | 861 | #513 | 185 |
| 1951 | #336 | 556 | #546 | 154 |
| 1950 | #390 | 433 | #578 | 138 |
| 1949 | #467 | 294 | #615 | 122 |
| 1948 | #492 | 272 | #579 | 133 |
| 1947 | #544 | 240 | #577 | 137 |
| 1946 | #769 | 114 | #935 | 51 |
| 1945 | #889 | 72 | #1,270 | 27 |
| 1944 | #836 | 83 | #1,173 | 32 |
| 1943 | #986 | 65 | #1,399 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,006 | 60 | #1,244 | 31 |
| 1941 | #1,166 | 41 | #1,633 | 18 |
| 1940 | #979 | 53 | #1,368 | 24 |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 | #1,425 | 22 |
| 1938 | #1,219 | 36 | #1,364 | 24 |
| 1937 | #1,355 | 29 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,206 | 35 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,244 | 33 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,317 | 30 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #2,522 | 11 |
| 1927 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | — | #2,446 | 12 | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
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| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jody! It came in at #4,814, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1924, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jody is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#93 · 1 in 379
- Minnesota#108 · 1 in 479
- Nebraska#113 · 1 in 505
- Iowa#114 · 1 in 517
- Wisconsin#118 · 1 in 604
Best ever in a state: #40 in Wyoming, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #93 | 27 | 1 in 379 |
| Minnesota | #108 | 76 | 1 in 479 |
| Nebraska | #113 | 29 | 1 in 505 |
| Iowa | #114 | 55 | 1 in 517 |
| Wisconsin | #118 | 69 | 1 in 604 |
| Oregon | #121 | 30 | 1 in 542 |
| New Hampshire | #138 | 8 | 1 in 639 |
| Idaho | #147 | 11 | 1 in 579 |
| Illinois | #147 | 128 | 1 in 787 |
| Washington | #149 | 41 | 1 in 683 |
| Connecticut | #151 | 26 | 1 in 885 |
| North Dakota | #152 | 11 | 1 in 632 |
| Colorado | #159 | 26 | 1 in 688 |
| Maine | #161 | 12 | 1 in 788 |
| Montana | #161 | 10 | 1 in 684 |
| Hawaii | #173 | 10 | 1 in 606 |
| Indiana | #175 | 47 | 1 in 1,026 |
| South Dakota | #175 | 9 | 1 in 851 |
| Pennsylvania | #180 | 99 | 1 in 1,139 |
| District of Columbia | #181 | 14 | 1 in 947 |
| Ohio | #185 | 91 | 1 in 1,121 |
| Michigan | #187 | 77 | 1 in 1,162 |
| Kansas | #189 | 21 | 1 in 1,033 |
| New York | #189 | 157 | 1 in 1,041 |
| California | #190 | 144 | 1 in 1,015 |
| Massachusetts | #199 | 32 | 1 in 1,606 |
| New Jersey | #200 | 41 | 1 in 1,308 |
| Rhode Island | #203 | 5 | 1 in 1,685 |
| Maryland | #238 | 17 | 1 in 1,689 |
| Virginia | #263 | 21 | 1 in 1,950 |
| Missouri | #280 | 17 | 1 in 2,560 |
| Arizona | #289 | 8 | 1 in 1,503 |
| Louisiana | #296 | 20 | 1 in 1,879 |
| West Virginia | #300 | 8 | 1 in 2,458 |
| Oklahoma | #341 | 8 | 1 in 2,757 |
| New Mexico | #346 | 5 | 1 in 2,156 |
| Texas | #347 | 43 | 1 in 2,602 |
| Florida | #419 | 10 | 1 in 3,961 |
| Georgia | #469 | 9 | 1 in 5,115 |
| Kentucky | #509 | 5 | 1 in 6,725 |
| North Carolina | #512 | 8 | 1 in 6,499 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Jody
- 444 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #6,838)
- 988 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #6,838)
- 117 spots since 2015 (#6,721 → #6,838)
- Biggest jump: 659 spots in 1940 (#1,638 → #979)
- Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1941 (#979 → #1,166)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1970 at #153 (2,200 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1943–1990
- Highest: 1 in 795 girls born in 1970 were named Jody (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.6% of all girls named Jody (17,670) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1993, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,814 (1919) | #4,814 |
| 1920s | 44 | #3,116 (1925) | #3,881 |
| 1930s | 260 | #1,206 (1936) | #1,578 |
| 1940s | 1,294 | #467 (1949) | #813 |
| 1950s | 13,276 | #170 (1958) | #247 |
| 1960s | 17,670 | #165 (1969) | #194 |
| 1970s | 16,222 | #153 (1970) | #178 |
| 1980s | 5,019 | #292 (1980) | #496 |
| 1990s | 1,264 | #981 (1990) | #1,406 |
| 2000s | 448 | #2,306 (2000) | #3,519 |
| 2010s | 231 | #3,916 (2011) | #5,729 |
| 2020s | 112 | #5,573 (2021) | #6,281 |
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.
Jody in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 1,296 of them was named Jody, which outranked 96.9% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 6,936 of them was named Jody, which outranked 90.3% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.