Dody — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dody

The Social Security Administration has registered 338 babies named Dody between 1947 and 1980, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dody currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dody performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dody shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Dody in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dody in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 338 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.