How Many People Are Named Dody?
An estimated 275 people in the United States have the first name Dody. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 61 years old, and Dody peaked in popularity in 1959 with 25 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Dody as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Dody paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
275
About 1 in 1,246,379 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
61
years old
Peak Year
1959
25 births
Total Registered
338
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Dody
Dody is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 338 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Dody as a female name
Ranked #7,594 in 1980
8 female births in 1980
Peak: 1959 (25 births)
Dody: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Dody span from the 1940s to the 1980s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 131 babies were registered. Dody has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Dody by Decade
How has Dody tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Dody by State
Dody + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Dody as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Dody
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Dody: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Dody?
We estimate approximately 275 people named Dody are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,246,379 Americans share this first name.
Is Dody a common name?
Dody is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 338 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Dody most popular?
Dody reached peak popularity in 1959, when 25 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Dody is approximately 61 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Dody a female name?
Dody is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Dody Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Dody Smith, Dody Johnson, Dody Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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