How rare is the name Jody?

72,569 people in the United States have the first name Jody, about 1 in 4,162. It ranks #706 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JODY

#706

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
72,569
About
1 in 4,162
This common or more
64.6%
Who bears it

Of the 72,569 people named Jody, 89.8% reported their origin as White, 2.8% as two or more races and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 67.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jody peaked in 1970, when 3,700 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19102025
Peak year
1970
Births that year
3,700
In 2025*
56 ▼98%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 87,407 babies have been given the name since 1910. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jody by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #217. The largest share of babies named Jody, 49.6%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#7,77824
1920s#4,335141
1930s#2,042406
1940s#9941,894
1950s#36816,680
1960s#27226,941
1970s#21727,701
1980s#5708,421
1990s#1,4102,681
2000s#2,7131,336
2010s#4,080807
2020s#4,804375
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–451.1%
Baby boom 1946–6435.2%
Generation X 1965–8049.6%
Millennials 1981–9610.4%
Generation Z 1997–122.5%
2013 and later1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jody is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jody has been most common in South Dakota (2.4×), Minnesota (2.3×), and Montana (2.2×), and least common in Delaware (0.23×).

81,023 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jody

#704 Collin · 72,614#705 Maggie · 72,613#707 Camila · 72,537#708 Violet · 72,518

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jody, most common first.

#715 Jodi · 71,748#26,023 Jode · 361#29,625 Jodey · 298#29,846 Joedy · 295#34,922 Joda · 232#51,822 Jodye · 111

Also a last name

As a last name, Jody ranks #105,198 of 156,621, with 181 people. See Jody as a last name

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