Baby name
Jodi
/JOH · dee/
Meaning
“Praised”
Variant of Jody, originally a nickname for Judith (Hebrew, 'praised') or Joseph; used as a standalone given name, primarily feminine in the US.
How it ages.
Peaked in the 1970s US - cheerful but clearly of its era.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US from the 1960s-1980s; now uncommon for newborns.