Girls' name · since 1925
Jodean
Jodean has 448 recorded births since 1925 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,644 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 448
- born since 1925
- 1960s
- peak decade
448 girls have been named Jodean since 1925, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jodean has 448 recorded births among girls since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1991.
- #12,644 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 448 born since 1925
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jodean ranks #12,644 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 448 born since 1925, peaking in the 1960s.
- #12,644 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 448
- born since 1925
- 1960s
- peak decade
Jodean's 448 recorded births place it above 82.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Wisconsin.
Jodean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jodean's full recorded timeline at 1955, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jodean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1991
- Peak year (1960)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Jodean by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (165 births, 37% of the file).
1960s was Jodean's strongest decade.
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Jodean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
- 1930s 41
1930s
41 births
- 1940s
1940s
74 births
- 1950s
1950s
112 births
- 1960s
1960s
165 births
- 1970s 41
1970s
41 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 165 births (37% of all-time use).
Jodean by state
Where Jodean concentrates geographically, total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wisconsin | | 6 | 1.3% |
6 of 448 births nationwide.
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What to do with Jodean's data
- Jodean's decade-level peak was the 1960s (165 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Wisconsin records the most Jodeans (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Wisconsin names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jodean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
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, 1925–1991 (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 Jodean 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.