The name Jody is of English origin, and is a diminutive form of Jude.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jody has been given to baby boys 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 boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Jody
Use of the Name Jody for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
29,075
27,765
4,498
255
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jody has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Jody first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl 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 boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Jody
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1940
992
52
1941
1942
1943
979
66
1944
841
82
1945
879
74
1946
923
52
767
114
1947
584
135
543
240
1948
583
131
493
271
1949
618
121
468
294
1950
572
140
392
432
1951
555
151
336
556
1952
510
187
275
860
1953
507
191
285
853
1954
512
202
247
1,095
1955
425
296
206
1,507
1956
443
288
194
1,746
1957
387
393
176
2,135
1958
295
656
170
2,225
1959
266
899
190
1,862
1960
254
994
196
1,841
1961
272
831
200
1,830
1962
321
595
202
1,780
1963
285
734
206
1,724
1964
285
739
210
1,661
1965
290
676
209
1,569
1966
268
750
186
1,757
1967
215
1,054
194
1,625
1968
190
1,298
169
1,909
1969
175
1,590
165
1,962
1970
184
1,499
153
2,201
1971
161
1,701
162
1,935
1972
181
1,341
172
1,709
1973
185
1,240
164
1,687
1974
195
1,128
154
1,779
1975
220
938
162
1,681
1976
211
995
164
1,566
1977
209
1,060
180
1,503
1978
245
841
215
1,167
1979
280
731
252
992
1980
316
604
292
847
1981
356
493
316
745
1982
440
364
348
678
1983
455
332
372
601
1984
470
322
393
552
1985
507
295
446
491
1986
543
270
596
323
1987
574
250
663
281
1988
582
252
702
271
1989
675
221
827
229
1990
698
212
983
188
1991
712
203
1992
896
139
1993
922
136
1994
886
150
1995
992
126
1996
976
129
Totals:
29,075
53,548
During the last 125 years, parents have used Jody as a boy's name about 35% of the time and as a girl's name about 64% of the time. This name has been considered suitable for either boys or girls.
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 boy names only 51 times during the last 125 years.