Jodean — girls' name
448 babies named Jodean in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Jodean was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Jodean in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jodean
The Social Security Administration has registered 448 babies named Jodean between 1925 and 1991, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jodean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jodean performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jodean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jodean in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jodean 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 448 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.
Jodean at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jodean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1925
- Peak year (1960)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
448 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 28 births in a single year.
Jodean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 165 births that decade — 37% of Jodean's all-time total
Jodean decade highlights
- Peak decade 165 births
- Runner-up 112 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Jodean's strongest decade
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- Wisconsin 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Wisconsin accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1925–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.