How popular is the name Jodi?

Jodi ranks 257th among girls' names in US records, with 166,138 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,043.

Is Jodi a unisex name?

No. Jodi is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1970, when 7,531 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Jody, Jodie, Jodee, Jode. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#257 of girl names

Pronounced JH OW1 D AH0 (ARPABET)

Jodi is a girls' name, and first appears in 1882. It has been given to 166,138 children — the 257th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 41% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1970, when 7,531 children were given it.

Four other spellings are counted in that total — Jody, Jodie, Jodee and one more — because they are pronounced identically.

19707,531

These spellings sound identical to Jodi and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Jodi?: Jodi ranks 257th among girls' names in US records, with 166,138 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,043.
Is Jodi a unisex name?: No. Jodi is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Jodi most popular?: 1970, when 7,531 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Jodi spelled?: Jody, Jodie, Jodee, Jode. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.