Joddie
The Story of Joddie
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Joddie as a girl name dates back to 1962, when 5 babies received it. 1971 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Joddie — #5,136 in the national rankings. About 53% of every Joddie on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Joddie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1974, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 34 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Joddie on the record books as a boy name in 1925, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1925, when 6 Joddies were born — ranking #3,741 that year. Joddie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1926, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Joddie
Joddie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1962 and has accumulated 34 births in the dataset. Joddie's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #5,136. Use the chart and map above to compare Joddie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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