Joda
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Joda has been given to 112 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1958, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% girls, 15% boys all-time.
Babies named Joda, 1981
1 in 577,000
Joda over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Joda over time
In 1981, Joda went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Joda?
Joda had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1981, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1981
- 1 in 577,000
- 6 of 3,459,130 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 278,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1981
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 399,616 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Joda sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1981 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 399,616 children born in 1981 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Joda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Jodas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Joda was born before 1970 — so the typical Joda is around 55 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1970s
- 47.4% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 76.8%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 78
- People you could plausibly meet
1970s — 47.4% of all recorded uses (45).
Is Joda rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1958 (9)
- Years since peak
- 67
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 23.8% average annual change
Spellings of Joda
Joda is not the most common spelling — Joan is, with 13.4% against Joda's <0.01%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Joda around the world
Where Joda ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1986–1986#460in 1986
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Joda by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Joda
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Joda
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.