The name Jody is of English origin, and is a diminutive form of Judith.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jody has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Jody
Use of the Name Jody for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
53,548
48,559
5,206
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jody has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Jody first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1940, which is the first year shown on the table.
Jody last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1996, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Jody
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1940
992
52
1941
1942
1943
979
66
1944
841
82
1945
879
74
1946
767
114
923
52
1947
543
240
584
135
1948
493
271
583
131
1949
468
294
618
121
1950
392
432
572
140
1951
336
556
555
151
1952
275
860
510
187
1953
285
853
507
191
1954
247
1,095
512
202
1955
206
1,507
425
296
1956
194
1,746
443
288
1957
176
2,135
387
393
1958
170
2,225
295
656
1959
190
1,862
266
899
1960
196
1,841
254
994
1961
200
1,830
272
831
1962
202
1,780
321
595
1963
206
1,724
285
734
1964
210
1,661
285
739
1965
209
1,569
290
676
1966
186
1,757
268
750
1967
194
1,625
215
1,054
1968
169
1,909
190
1,298
1969
165
1,962
175
1,590
1970
153
2,201
184
1,499
1971
162
1,935
161
1,701
1972
172
1,709
181
1,341
1973
164
1,687
185
1,240
1974
154
1,779
195
1,128
1975
162
1,681
220
938
1976
164
1,566
211
995
1977
180
1,503
209
1,060
1978
215
1,167
245
841
1979
252
992
280
731
1980
292
847
316
604
1981
316
745
356
493
1982
348
678
440
364
1983
372
601
455
332
1984
393
552
470
322
1985
446
491
507
295
1986
596
323
543
270
1987
663
281
574
250
1988
702
271
582
252
1989
827
229
675
221
1990
983
188
698
212
1991
712
203
1992
896
139
1993
922
136
1994
886
150
1995
992
126
1996
976
129
Totals:
53,548
29,075
During the last 125 years, parents have used Jody as a girl's name about 64% of the time and as a boy's name about 35% of the time. This name has been considered suitable for either girls or boys.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Jody appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 49 times during the last 125 years.