Girls' name · since 1965
Jodilyn
Since 1965, U.S. Social Security records show 76 babies named Jodilyn, peaking in 1975. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jodilyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 76 recorded since 1965.
Jodilyn has 76 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1965 to 1981.
- #30,187 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 76 born since 1965
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jodilyn ranks #30,187 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 76 born since 1965, peaking in the 1970s.
- #30,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jodilyn's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jodilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jodilyn's SSA record in two at 1973 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 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jodilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1981
- Peak year (1975)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Jodilyn by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (51 births, 67% of the file).
1970s was Jodilyn's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Jodilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1960s 19
1960s
19 births
- 1970s
1970s
51 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 51 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Jodilyn's decade-level peak was the 1970s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jodilyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1965–1981 (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 Jodilyn 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.