Jody

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A few things about Jody you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Jody

Jody Lukoki

Dutch footballer (1992–2022)

Choose Jody and your child shares a first name with Jody Lukoki, a Dutch footballer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Jody, like who?” Jody Lukoki's Wikipedia article is available in 23 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Антон Зайцев, CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 42,735 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Jody, 40 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Jody would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryJody first shows up in US birth records in 1910, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 115 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1971, when it ranked #161. Today it's #3,036, so it could be due a comeback.
• 🍂TrendJody has slipped 111 places over the last five years and now sits at #3,036. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• ⚖️Boy or girlJody is given to both boys and girls: 71% of the 56 babies named Jody in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.

About the name Jody

Jody is a gender-neutral name of American, English and Hebrew origin. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with J and ending in “-ody”. US birth records list Jody for boys from 1910 to 2025, in 108 of those 116 years. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked #161 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #3,036, with 40 babies. Of the 56 US babies named Jody in 2025, 29% were girls and 71% were boys.

Origin:American namesEnglish namesHebrew names