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Jodie

Gender
Girl
Say it
JOH-dee
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#2,509 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,295 for girls

Jodie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Judea”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).

What does Jodie mean?

Hebrew: pet form of Judith

“woman of Judea”

Is Jodie a girl's or a boy's name?

Jodie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 47 girls and 6 boys in the US.

How popular is Jodie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,509th among girls
Babies in 2025
11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 39% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Jodie, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 1,505 girls.

Half of all the girls named Jodie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1984 (#53), 1994 (#46) and 2004 (#89).

1996Busiest: 1,505 in 19962025
Jodie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#2,509
202420#1,592
202311#2,481
202216#1,873
202115#1,981
202023#1,431
201921#1,531
201825#1,375
201722#1,541
201628#1,291
201538#1,014
201458#737
201372#622
201278#597
2011132#386
2010151#337
2009149#337
2008233#244
2007304#199
2006377#159
2005524#110
2004735#78
2003824#71
2002919#64
20011,000#54
2000971#58
1999888#69
19981,077#62
19971,167#58
19961,505#44

How popular is Jodie in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,295th among girls
Babies in 2025
47 about 1 in 34,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Jodie, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 1,052 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882. 6 boys were also named Jodie in 2025 (10,690th for boys).

2025 had more girls named Jodie than any year since 2016.

Half of all the girls named Jodie in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 104 girls in the US were given Jodie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,644, up from #3,295 for this spelling alone.

In 1910, 36% of the babies named Jodie in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 89%, with more girls than boys since 1946.

1882Busiest: 1,052 in 19702025
Jodie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202547#3,295
202438#3,892
202336#4,045
202243#3,593
202135#4,087
202035#4,004
201941#3,664
201843#3,558
201727#4,920
201648#3,326
201531#4,487
201447#3,367
201339#3,847
201242#3,710
201149#3,302
201049#3,305
200954#3,125
200838#4,088
200784#2,293
200693#2,098
200595#1,992
200480#2,201
200394#1,924
2002111#1,653
2001110#1,653
2000107#1,646
1999134#1,331
1998114#1,491
1997143#1,240
1996179#1,038
1995203#923
1994189#976
1993215#894
1992243#821
1991232#858
1990224#869
1989280#706
1988210#852
1987273#676
1986324#595
1985352#559
1984471#441
1983569#387
1982580#401
1981580#389
1980618#376
1979702#337
1978829#277
1977845#284
1976838#274
1975892#270
19741,028#249
1973850#285
1972935#277
19711,039#275
19701,052#277
1969936#299
1968859#301
1967855#295
1966696#336
1965670#351
1964656#370
1963684#365
1962587#392
1961553#413
1960501#435
1959494#428
1958506#413
1957485#426
1956308#527
1955247#581
1954188#680
1953171#696
1952122#824
1951103#890
195087#970
194951#1,277
194861#1,143
194765#1,105
194642#1,336
194525#1,659
194431#1,454
194325#1,702
194225#1,667
194131#1,384
194018#1,899
193922#1,638
193811#2,578
193717#1,914
193619#1,741
193513#2,304
193419#1,771
193310#2,687
193221#1,684
193112#2,425
193015#2,201
192915#2,190
192816#2,193
192714#2,432
192613#2,568
192514#2,488
192417#2,211
192313#2,587
192213#2,611
192113#2,633
192015#2,357
191922#1,745
191822#1,754
191710#2,878
191621#1,689
191516#1,963
191423#1,303
191318#1,358
191212#1,620
191118#1,031
191012#1,335
19099#1,471
19088#1,547
190711#1,206
19065#1,951
190512#1,093
19047#1,485
190311#1,076
19026#1,593
19016#1,466
190010#1,230
189912#935
18988#1,263
189710#1,037
189613#903
18958#1,202
18947#1,236
18936#1,277
18929#1,017
18915#1,332
189010#872
18895#1,278
188810#837
18878#860
18867#897
18850–
18849#731
18835#920
18828#678

Nicknames for Jodie

Names like Jodie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jessica, Sarah, Molly, Jasmine, Michelle, Jamie, Holly, Hannah, Leah, Jessie, Josie, Jeanie

Other spellings of Jodie

Jodi, Jody, Jodee

Names related to Jodie

Jadie

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jodie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jodie, updated 20 October 2026.