Jodette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jodette

The Social Security Administration has registered 132 babies named Jodette between 1955 and 1976, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jodette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jodette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jodette shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jodette in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jodette 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 132 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.