Joddie
Anglicized form of the Medieval French feminine name Jodie or Joudith.
Name Census estimates that about 30 living Americans carry the first name Joddie. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 73.9% of registrations being female. The average person named Joddie today is around 57 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Joddie births was 1971 (10 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Joddie. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Joddie. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
30
~ 1 in 11,425,145 Americans
Peak year
1971
10 babies that year
Average age
57
years old
1926 SSA rank
#3,951
Tracked since 1925
Census
Joddie in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 114 people with the first name Joddie, which placed it at #51,355 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#51,355
National first-name rank
People counted
114
114 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.0
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
63.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Joddie
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Joddie is White at 63.2%. The next largest groups are Black (26.3%) and Hispanic (6.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Joddie described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Joddie at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White63.2% · 72
- Black or African American26.3% · 30
- Hispanic or Latino6.1% · 7
- Asian and Pacific Islander4.4% · 5
Gender
Gender distribution for Joddie
Joddie is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 46 total registrations, 12 (26.1%) were male and 34 (73.9%) were female.
Joddie as a male name
- Ranked #3,951 in 1926
- 6 male births in 1926
- Peak: 1925 (6 births)
Joddie as a female name
- Ranked #8,103 in 1974
- 6 female births in 1974
- Peak: 1971 (10 births)
2020 Census snapshot
The 2020 Census sex table shows Joddie on both sides of the split. Of the 121 people counted with this name, 47 were male (38.8%) and 74 were female (61.2%).
Popularity
Joddie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Joddie from the 1920s through to the 1970s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1960s, with 18 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Joddie by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Joddie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Joddie
The given name Joddie finds its origins in the Old English language, deriving from the word "iudde," which means "victory" or "conqueror." This name emerged during the Anglo-Saxon period, primarily in the regions of present-day England and parts of Scotland.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Joddie can be traced back to the 7th century, where it appeared in the Ecclesiastical History of the English People by the Venerable Bede, a renowned monk and scholar from the Kingdom of Northumbria. In this historical text, Bede mentioned a figure named Joddie, who was a prominent leader during the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity.
Throughout the Middle Ages, the name Joddie remained primarily confined to the British Isles, but its usage and popularity varied across different regions and time periods. Notably, in the 11th century, a nobleman named Joddie of Wessex was recorded as a prominent figure in the court of King Edward the Confessor.
As the centuries progressed, the name Joddie underwent various spelling variations, such as Joddy, Jodee, and Jodi, reflecting the evolution of language and regional dialects. One notable bearer of this name was Joddie Chaucer, a 14th-century English poet and author, who is considered a forefather of English literature.
During the Renaissance period, the name Joddie gained further recognition due to its association with several influential figures. In the 16th century, Joddie Marlowe, an English playwright and poet, left a lasting impact on the literary world with his works, including the celebrated play "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus."
Moving into the 17th century, Joddie Donne, an English poet and cleric, is widely regarded as one of the leading metaphysical poets of his time. His works, such as "Holy Sonnets" and "Songs and Sonnets," explored themes of love, faith, and mortality with remarkable depth and complexity.
In the 19th century, the name Joddie gained prominence in the field of science and exploration. Joddie Livingstone, a Scottish missionary and explorer, made significant contributions to the exploration of central Africa, including the discovery of several lakes and rivers in the region.
While the name Joddie has experienced fluctuations in popularity over the centuries, it has endured as a unique and historically significant name, carrying with it a rich tapestry of cultural and literary associations.
People
Joddie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Joddie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Joddie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Joddie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 30 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Joddie going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 11,425,145 US residents.
Is Joddie a common name?
We classify Joddie as "Very Rare". It ranks above 46.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 46 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Joddie most popular?
The single biggest year for Joddie was 1971, when 10 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Joddie is about 57 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Joddie in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 114 people with the name Joddie, or 0.04 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #51,355 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Joddie in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Joddie?
The 2020 Census sex table shows Joddie on both sides of the split. Of the 121 people counted with this name, 47 were male (38.8%) and 74 were female (61.2%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Joddie?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Joddie is White at 63.2%. The next largest groups are Black (26.3%) and Hispanic (6.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Joddie most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Joddie in the 2020 Census, accounting for 63.2% (72 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Joddie in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Joddie a female name?
Yes, 73.9% of people registered as Joddie in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Joddie still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Joddie in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Joddie can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Joddie?
See how many Americans are named Joddie on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.