Girls' name · since 1940
Jodi
Jodi has 79,695 recorded births since 1940 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #441 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,996 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 79,695
- born since 1940
- 1970s
- peak decade
79,695 babies have been named Jodi since 1940, making it today's #3996 girls' name.
Jodi has 79,695 recorded births among girls since 1940, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3996 as of the latest data, more common than 77% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 2025.
- #441 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,996 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 79,695 born since 1940
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jodi ranks #441 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,996 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 79,695 born since 1940, peaking in the 1970s.
- #441 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,996 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 79,695
- born since 1940
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jodi's 79,695 recorded births place it above 99.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Jodi compares
79,695 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jodi's all-time total is 212x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jodi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 79,695 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 4,186 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jodi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jodi's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 15% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 85%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1940, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 4,186, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jodi popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 4,186
- Annual births at peak, across 86 years of records
Jodi popularity over time - boys
962 total births recorded since 1953 (Jodi as boys' name)
Jodi by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (30,352 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Jodi's strongest decade.
30,352 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jodi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 203
1940s
203 births
- 1950s 5,290
1950s
5,290 births
- 1960s
1960s
26,874 births
- 1970s
1970s
30,352 births
- 1980s 11,603
1980s
11,603 births
- 1990s 3,417
1990s
3,417 births
- 2000s 1,192
2000s
1,192 births
- 2010s 503
2010s
503 births
- 2020s 261
2020s
261 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 30,352 births (38% of all-time use).
How Jodi 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 Jodi's total volume
Jodi by state
Where Jodi concentrates geographically, total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6,356 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 6,200 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5,578 | 7.0% |
| #4 | California | | 5,103 | 6.4% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5,044 | 6.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 4,354 | 5.5% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 4,294 | 5.4% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 4,244 | 5.3% |
6,356 of 79,695 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Jodi appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jodi's data
- Jodi's decade-level peak was the 1970s (30,352 total births); usage has since declined to 261 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Jodis (6,356 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jodi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~85 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, 1940–2025 (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 Jodi 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.