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

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Peak · girls
#153
1970 · 2,200 births
Debut · girls
1919
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
55,845
since 1919

Jody over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #153, 1970peak #161, 1971girlsboys
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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#6,83816#3,03640
2024#6,39418#2,67449
2023#5,75221#2,61450
2022#7,28115#3,21637
2021#5,57322#2,69547
2020#5,85020#2,92540
2019#5,79821#3,34734
2018#6,01020#2,47252
2017#6,53118#2,59748
2016#6,18620#2,58748
2015#6,72118#2,30057
2014#5,31025#2,06368
2013#5,64423#2,20559
2012#5,39825#2,17261
2011#3,91638#1,88674
2010#5,77123#1,89875
2009#4,37034#1,92574
2008#4,76131#1,77584
2007#3,91840#1,539102
2006#4,16535#1,63887
2005#3,80938#1,69179
2004#3,12749#1,384103
2003#3,29144#1,356100
2002#2,67357#1,45987
2001#2,76653#1,37992
2000#2,30667#1,50480
1999#1,96280#1,203106
1998#1,66796#1,133110
1997#1,80283#1,154106
1996#1,532104#979128
1995#1,355121#987126
1994#1,394116#883150
1993#1,185146#921136
1992#1,109161#896139
1991#1,071169#712202
1990#981188#693214
1989#833227#674219
1988#703271#582252
1987#662283#577249
1986#595324#542271
1985#446491#506295
1984#393552#469322
1983#372602#456331
1982#348677#440366
1981#319744#356493
1980#292848#316604
1979#251994#280731
1978#2151,169#245843
1977#1841,500#2081,061
1976#1641,565#211996
1975#1621,685#220939
1974#1541,777#1951,124
1973#1631,687#1851,242
1972#1721,708#1811,339
1971#1621,937#1611,704
1970#1532,200#1841,500
1969#1651,959#1751,589
1968#1691,912#1901,298
1967#1941,628#2151,057
1966#1861,759#268752
1965#2091,571#290676
1964#2101,663#286741
1963#2061,725#284735
1962#2021,780#322592
1961#2001,832#272837
1960#1961,841#254994
1959#1901,860#266897
1958#1702,226#295661
1957#1762,134#388389
1956#1941,749#439292
1955#2061,509#425297
1954#2461,096#514201
1953#285852#510190
1952#275861#513185
1951#336556#546154
1950#390433#578138
1949#467294#615122
1948#492272#579133
1947#544240#577137
1946#769114#93551
1945#88972#1,27027
1944#83683#1,17332
1943#98665#1,39925
1942#1,00660#1,24431
1941#1,16641#1,63318
1940#97953#1,36824
1939#1,63822#1,42522
1938#1,21936#1,36424
1937#1,35529#1,62718
1936#1,20635#1,63917
1935#1,24433#1,75716
1934#1,31730#2,12112
1933#1,40027#1,99713
1932#1,68521#3,0927
1931#2,02416#2,8648
1930#2,69011#2,7819
1929#3,6827#2,09614
1928#3,1649#2,52211
1927—#2,12115
1926#4,3066#2,43612
1925#3,11610#2,75510
1924#5,0615#2,64111
1923—#2,44612
1922——
1921—#3,5177
1920#3,9577#4,2865
1919#4,8145#3,7366
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First appearance
1919

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.

See more about Jody
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1970 at #153 (2,200 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 49 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1943–1990
Share of babies · girls
1 in 795
  • Highest: 1 in 795 girls born in 1970 were named Jody (0.13%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 31.6% of all girls named Jody (17,670) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1994
  • Mostly girls until 1993, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,814 (1919)#4,814
1920s44#3,116 (1925)#3,881
1930s260#1,206 (1936)#1,578
1940s1,294#467 (1949)#813
1950s13,276#170 (1958)#247
1960s17,670#165 (1969)#194
1970s16,222#153 (1970)#178
1980s5,019#292 (1980)#496
1990s1,264#981 (1990)#1,406
2000s448#2,306 (2000)#3,519
2010s231#3,916 (2011)#5,729
2020s112#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 1945

girls
#889
72 births · 1 in 18,154 girls
boys
#1,270
27 births · 1 in 49,846 boys

Top girls' names in 1945

  1. #1Mary59,278
  2. #2Linda41,465
  3. #3Barbara38,273
  4. #4Patricia35,844
  5. #5Carol30,389
  6. #6Sandra24,700
  7. #7Nancy21,456
  8. #8Sharon20,838
  9. #9Judith20,192
  10. #10Susan19,222
  11. #889Jody72

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #1,270Jody27
More about 1945

girls

1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 18,154 of them was named Jody, which outranked 83.0% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jody
  1. #881Maribeth73
  2. #881Rubye73
  3. #881Vonnie73
  4. #889Jody72
  5. #889Ima72
  6. #889Jocelyn72
  7. #889Laurene72
  8. #897Cinda71
  9. #897Marylee71
  10. #897Melvina71

Tied with 7 names at #889; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 799Lauren#1,153 → #354
  2. ↑ 707Amber#1,661 → #954
  3. ↑ 648Laureen#1,315 → #667
  4. ↑ 630Deidre#1,609 → #979
  5. ↑ 623Candice#1,364 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
  2. ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
  4. ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
  5. ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213

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

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 49,846 of them was named Jody, which outranked 66.4% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jody
  1. #1,249Stafford28
  2. #1,249Valentine28
  3. #1,249Vester28
  4. #1,270Jody27
  5. #1,270Alonza27
  6. #1,270Brenda27
  7. #1,270Chet27
  8. #1,296Addison26
  9. #1,296Annie26
  10. #1,296Arlis26

Tied with 25 names at #1,270; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 527Delano#1,085 → #558
  2. ↑ 499Dane#1,235 → #736
  3. ↑ 385Eusebio#1,328 → #943
  4. ↑ 371Erick#1,235 → #864
  5. ↑ 311Gerardo#1,282 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 479Joan#870 → #1,349
  2. ↓ 408Kit#841 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 392Llewellyn#935 → #1,327
  4. ↓ 361Valentine#888 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 321Hilario#906 → #1,227

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

See the top 100 for 1945 →