Jodelle — girls' name
324 babies named Jodelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Jodelle was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Jodelle in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jodelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 324 babies named Jodelle between 1934 and 2017, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jodelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jodelle performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jodelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jodelle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jodelle 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 324 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.
Jodelle at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jodelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1934
- Peak year (1955)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
324 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 15 births in a single year.
Jodelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 113 births that decade — 35% of Jodelle's all-time total
Jodelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 113 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Jodelle's strongest decade
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Jodelle by state
Where Jodelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1934
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 37 | 11.4% |
37 of 324 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 11.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 11.4% 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, 1934–2017 (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.