Jodene
Jodene is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jodene
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jodene is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jodene
The earliest SSA record of Jodene as a baby girl name dates back to 1937, when 5 babies received it. 1966 was its biggest year on record, with 51 newborns named Jodene — #1,568 in the national rankings. About 41% of every Jodene on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Jodene last appeared in the published SSA data in 1989, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 957 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Jodene
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About the name Jodene
Jodene is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1937 and has accumulated 957 births in the dataset. Jodene's peak popularity came in 1966 when it ranked #1,568. Use the chart and map above to compare Jodene'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.