Jodie
Jodie is a unisex given name. It is related to names Cody, Jodi, Jody, Codey, and Jodey. It is also a rare surname. It can be used as a nickname for Joseph, Jude, Judith, Joan and Jonathan, and a variant for Jo.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jodie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jodie is a unisex given name. It is related to names Cody, Jodi, Jody, Codey, and Jodey. It is also a rare surname. It can be used as a nickname for Joseph, Jude, Judith, Joan and Jonathan, and a variant for Jo.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jodie
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Jodie as a girl name dates back to 1882, when 8 babies received it. 1970 was its biggest year on record, with 1,052 newborns named Jodie — #277 in the national rankings. About 33% of every Jodie on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jodie ranks #3,821 for girls with 39 births, gradually rising (+8%). All told, over 27K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Jodie on the record books as a boy name in 1880, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1969, when 64 Jodies were born — ranking #958 that year. Jodie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Jodie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jodie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Jodie
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About the name Jodie
Jodie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 27K births in the dataset. Jodie's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #249. Use the chart and map above to compare Jodie'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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