Unisex name · since 1915
Joda
95 babies named Joda in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,662 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 1915
- 1970s
- peak decade
Joda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 95 have been recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joda has been recorded 95 times among girls since 1915, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1981.
- #27,662 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 95 born since 1915
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joda ranks #27,662 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 95 born since 1915, peaking in the 1970s.
- #27,662 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 1915
- 1970s
- peak decade
Joda's 95 recorded births place it above 61.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joda's full recorded timeline at 1970, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1958 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joda popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1981
- Peak year (1958)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Joda popularity over time - boys
17 total births recorded since 1927 (Joda as boys' name)
Joda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (45 births, 47% of the file).
1970s was Joda's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Joda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
45 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 45 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Joda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~66 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Joda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.