Girls' name · since 1937
Jodene
Jodene has 957 recorded births since 1937 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1966 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,745 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 957
- born since 1937
- 1960s
- peak decade
Jodene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 957 recorded since 1937.
Jodene has 957 recorded births among girls since 1937, 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 1937 to 1989.
- #7,745 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 957 born since 1937
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jodene ranks #7,745 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 957 born since 1937, peaking in the 1960s.
- #7,745 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 957
- born since 1937
- 1960s
- peak decade
Jodene's 957 recorded births place it above 89.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Wisconsin.
Jodene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jodene's SSA record in two at 1961 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1937, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1966 peak of 51, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jodene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1989
- Peak year (1966)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Jodene by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (395 births, 41% of the file).
1960s was Jodene's strongest decade.
395 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Jodene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 22
1930s
22 births
- 1940s 72
1940s
72 births
- 1950s
1950s
290 births
- 1960s
1960s
395 births
- 1970s 157
1970s
157 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 395 births (41% of all-time use).
How Jodene compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jodene's total volume
Jodene by state
Where Jodene concentrates geographically, total births since 1937
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wisconsin | | 57 | 6.0% |
| #2 | Nebraska | | 40 | 4.2% |
| #3 | California | | 34 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 23 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 12 | 1.3% |
| #6 | South Dakota | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Iowa | | 5 | 0.5% |
57 of 957 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Jodene's decade-level peak was the 1960s (395 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Wisconsin records the most Jodenes (57 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Jodene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1966)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1937–1989 (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 Jodene 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.