Joedy — boys' name
180 babies named Joedy in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Joedy was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Joedy in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joedy
The Social Security Administration has registered 180 babies named Joedy between 1937 and 2015, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joedy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Joedy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 1957.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joedy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Joedy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joedy 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 180 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.
Joedy at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
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Joedy popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1937
- Peak year (1970)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
180 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 14 births in a single year.
Joedy popularity over time — girls
15 total births recorded since 1957 (Joedy as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Joedy accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Joedy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 69 births that decade — 38% of Joedy's all-time total
Joedy decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Joedy's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1937–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.