Unisex name · since 1954
Jodye
64 babies named Jodye in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 64
- total births
- 1954–1974
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
Jodye sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 64 recorded since 1954.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jodye has been recorded 64 times among girls since 1954, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 1974.
- 64 total births
- 1954–1974 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jodye's 64 recorded births place it above 55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jodye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jodye's full recorded timeline at 1964, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jodye popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1974
- Peak year (1964)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Jodye popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2019 (Jodye as boys' name)
Jodye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Jodye's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Jodye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
25 births
- 1960s
1960s
27 births
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 27 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Jodye's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (27 total births) through the 1970s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1954–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jodye: Baby Name Since 1954 - 64 Births, Peak 1964." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jodye. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jodye 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 July 2026.