girls:
55.8k births since 1919
#538 (91st percentile)
boys:
31.5k births since 1910
#648 (86th percentile)
overall:
87.3k births since 1910
#744 (90th percentile)
The name Jody is the #744 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 87,278 recorded births since 1910. This represents the 90.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 90.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #538 (90.6% percentile) for all time with 55,811 births since 1919. For boys, it ranks #648 (85.9% percentile) for all time with 31,467 births since 1910.
Jody first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1910 (1910 for boys and 1919 for girls). Birth data for Jody is available in 106 out of the 114 years between 1910 and 2023 (106 years for boys and 101 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jody has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (63.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 29.6% of babies named Jody were girls.
For girls, Jody reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 80.3% percentile (ranked #153) with 1,201 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 1,201 births per million (ranked 80.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jody ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 1.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jody reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 76.1% percentile (ranked #160) with 937 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 937 births per million (ranked 76.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1973, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jody ranks #866 for boys (4.9% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 2.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jody".
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