Baby name
Jody
/JOH · dee/
Meaning
“Praised”
Original spelling of the Jodi/Jodie group; unisex name used as a standalone in the US, primarily feminine by the 1970s.
How it ages.
Peaked in the 1970s US - casual and era-specific.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US from the 1960s-1980s; rare for newborns today.