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Jody
OriginVariation or diminutive of Joseph
Meaning"Jehovah increases"
GenderBoy
About Jody
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,071 | 68 | 35.4 |
| 2015 | #2,313 | 57 | 29.7 |
| 2016 | #2,604 | 48 | 25.3 |
| 2017 | #2,615 | 48 | 25.9 |
| 2018 | #2,490 | 52 | 28.6 |
| 2019 | #3,385 | 34 | 18.9 |
| 2020 | #2,953 | 40 | 23.2 |
| 2021 | #2,708 | 47 | 26.9 |
| 2022 | #3,241 | 37 | 21.2 |
| 2023 | #2,626 | 50 | 29.2 |
| 2024 | #2,682 | 49 | 28.4 |
| 2025 | #3,057 | 40 | 23.4 |
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- Jody Varner
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- Jody "Joe" Starks
character in the book "Their Eyes Were Watching God," by Zora Neale Hurston
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