Jody Boy Name

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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.

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