The exact entry varies Jody in its female senses. Jody identifies Judy/Judith in one etymology and a separate blended route in another. Judith supplies the Judea gloss, restricted to its route and not implying ancestry. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jody&oldid=90978411 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Judith&oldid=93032012.
Origin
Female Jody spelling with Judy/Judith and separate combined-name routes.
The exact entry varies Jody in its female senses. Jody identifies Judy/Judith in one etymology and a separate blended route in another. Judith supplies the Judea gloss, restricted to its route and not implying ancestry. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jody&oldid=90978411 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Judith&oldid=93032012.
English pronunciation
Not yet published for this spelling.
Published name usage
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
Latest published record available for this spelling in each place and recorded usage
Place
Year
Recorded usage
Published births
Rank
Notes
Canada
2025
Girls
6 · preliminary
3044
2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
France
2025
Girls
30 (rounded to 5)
1150
Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published.
England & Wales
2025
Girls
8
3035
Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published.
Northern Ireland
2021
Girls
3
446
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
Scotland
2025
Girls
3
780
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
Scotland
1983
Boys
3
314
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
Ireland
2025
Girls
11
352
Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
Ireland
1991
Boys
3
324
Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
United States
2025
Girls
47
3296
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
United States
2025
Boys
6
10695
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
Sources & notes
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Meaning: Woman from Judea, in the Judy/Judith route.
Checked against cited source
The exact entry varies Jody in its female senses. Jody identifies Judy/Judith in one etymology and a separate blended route in another. Judith supplies the Judea gloss, restricted to its route and not implying ancestry. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jody&oldid=90978411 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Judith&oldid=93032012. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Short form of: Judith
Checked against cited source
English given-name relationship. These spellings remain separate in popularity statistics.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin: Female Jody spelling with Judy/Judith and separate combined-name routes.
Checked against cited source
The exact entry varies Jody in its female senses. Jody identifies Judy/Judith in one etymology and a separate blended route in another. Judith supplies the Judea gloss, restricted to its route and not implying ancestry. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jody&oldid=90978411 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Judith&oldid=93032012. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.