Jo
Rank in 2025
#3975
recorded as girls
#8910
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
44
girls 36 · boys 8
Peak year
1954
8,052 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
180,911
since 1881
Born a Jo? See how many share your birth year.
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Jo was most popular in 1954, when 8,052 babies recorded as girls got the name (4.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 36 babies were named Jo, ranking #3975 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | 3975 | 8 | 8910 |
| 2024 | 34 | 4207 | 11 | 7257 |
| 2023 | 47 | 3386 | 9 | 8255 |
| 2022 | 36 | 4041 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 42 | 3614 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 35 | 4005 | 8 | 8739 |
| 2019 | 34 | 4162 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 40 | 3739 | 6 | 10760 |
| 2017 | 40 | 3769 | 9 | 8140 |
| 2016 | 34 | 4250 | 7 | 9664 |
| 2015 | 27 | 4981 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 18 | 6713 | 6 | 10717 |
| 2013 | 15 | 7748 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 18 | 6872 | 11 | 7050 |
| 2011 | 14 | 8196 | 6 | 10808 |
| 2010 | 6 | 14959 | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | 18 | 7066 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 17 | 7408 | 7 | 9871 |
| 2007 | 18 | 7092 | 12 | 6622 |
| 2006 | 25 | 5383 | 7 | 9585 |
| 2005 | 17 | 6820 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 18 | 6489 | 9 | 7536 |
| 2003 | 29 | 4418 | 11 | 6258 |
| 2002 | 29 | 4280 | 12 | 5725 |
| 2001 | 28 | 4321 | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | 24 | 4791 | 14 | 5040 |
| 1999 | 45 | 2935 | 10 | 6042 |
| 1998 | 52 | 2614 | 8 | 6843 |
| 1997 | 58 | 2309 | 5 | 9265 |
| 1996 | 44 | 2760 | 8 | 6496 |
| 1995 | 58 | 2282 | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | 64 | 2124 | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | 60 | 2195 | 9 | 5771 |
| 1992 | 70 | 1965 | 11 | 4872 |
| 1991 | 73 | 1913 | 9 | 5521 |
| 1990 | 85 | 1716 | 6 | 7178 |
| 1989 | 89 | 1574 | 13 | 4017 |
| 1988 | 111 | 1300 | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | 132 | 1128 | 18 | 2838 |
| 1986 | 109 | 1249 | 7 | 5332 |
| 1985 | 171 | 925 | 21 | 2427 |
| 1984 | 210 | 766 | 14 | 3107 |
| 1983 | 207 | 770 | 20 | 2408 |
| 1982 | 267 | 664 | 19 | 2518 |
| 1981 | 340 | 547 | 19 | 2496 |
| 1980 | 349 | 540 | 17 | 2729 |
| 1979 | 306 | 589 | 18 | 2568 |
| 1978 | 323 | 549 | 21 | 2205 |
| 1977 | 365 | 507 | 18 | 2458 |
| 1976 | 417 | 461 | 13 | 2946 |
| 1975 | 520 | 391 | 13 | 2902 |
| 1974 | 587 | 366 | 10 | 3318 |
| 1973 | 665 | 332 | 16 | 2405 |
| 1972 | 722 | 324 | 19 | 2080 |
| 1971 | 910 | 299 | 21 | 1987 |
| 1970 | 1,103 | 272 | 27 | 1658 |
| 1969 | 1,164 | 251 | 21 | 1810 |
| 1968 | 1,325 | 226 | 9 | 2907 |
| 1967 | 1,409 | 214 | 13 | 2242 |
| 1966 | 1,590 | 200 | 16 | 1963 |
| 1965 | 1,852 | 183 | 12 | 2366 |
| 1964 | 2,052 | 184 | 23 | 1655 |
| 1963 | 2,190 | 177 | 21 | 1744 |
| 1962 | 2,449 | 167 | 29 | 1454 |
| 1961 | 2,795 | 152 | 22 | 1731 |
| 1960 | 3,371 | 134 | 40 | 1242 |
| 1959 | 4,052 | 115 | 27 | 1522 |
| 1958 | 5,226 | 91 | 20 | 1766 |
| 1957 | 5,718 | 83 | 36 | 1300 |
| 1956 | 6,953 | 69 | 30 | 1418 |
| 1955 | 7,656 | 58 | 33 | 1313 |
| 1954 | 8,052 | 53 | 25 | 1525 |
| 1953 | 7,513 | 54 | 24 | 1551 |
| 1952 | 7,092 | 55 | 34 | 1268 |
| 1951 | 6,001 | 67 | 24 | 1519 |
| 1950 | 5,676 | 64 | 31 | 1289 |
| 1949 | 5,802 | 60 | 30 | 1322 |
| 1948 | 5,986 | 56 | 34 | 1231 |
| 1947 | 6,724 | 51 | 30 | 1336 |
| 1946 | 5,828 | 53 | 18 | 1692 |
| 1945 | 4,224 | 60 | 32 | 1163 |
| 1944 | 4,226 | 61 | 21 | 1483 |
| 1943 | 4,300 | 63 | 31 | 1240 |
| 1942 | 4,175 | 65 | 22 | 1496 |
| 1941 | 3,757 | 66 | 32 | 1169 |
| 1940 | 3,427 | 72 | 23 | 1397 |
| 1939 | 3,524 | 70 | 21 | 1458 |
| 1938 | 3,172 | 78 | 28 | 1247 |
| 1937 | 3,226 | 73 | 29 | 1233 |
| 1936 | 3,292 | 72 | 22 | 1417 |
| 1935 | 3,296 | 73 | 34 | 1123 |
| 1934 | 3,257 | 75 | 32 | 1173 |
| 1933 | 2,541 | 90 | 25 | 1330 |
| 1932 | 2,388 | 103 | 18 | 1716 |
| 1931 | 2,086 | 116 | 34 | 1170 |
| 1930 | 1,871 | 131 | 35 | 1190 |
| 1929 | 1,593 | 140 | 27 | 1378 |
| 1928 | 1,168 | 179 | 21 | 1647 |
| 1927 | 974 | 203 | 17 | 1959 |
| 1926 | 815 | 222 | 12 | 2436 |
| 1925 | 635 | 264 | 14 | 2193 |
| 1924 | 534 | 285 | 13 | 2347 |
| 1923 | 385 | 334 | 14 | 2224 |
| 1922 | 302 | 376 | 13 | 2347 |
| 1921 | 259 | 417 | 9 | 2986 |
| 1920 | 231 | 444 | 25 | 1505 |
| 1919 | 227 | 437 | 11 | 2511 |
| 1918 | 199 | 479 | 15 | 2073 |
| 1917 | 145 | 561 | 7 | 3217 |
| 1916 | 152 | 538 | 11 | 2389 |
| 1915 | 128 | 570 | 10 | 2458 |
| 1914 | 103 | 550 | 5 | 3264 |
| 1913 | 89 | 538 | 9 | 1945 |
| 1912 | 68 | 591 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 41 | 676 | 6 | 1537 |
| 1910 | 40 | 672 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 41 | 608 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 46 | 546 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 33 | 649 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 34 | 611 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 34 | 600 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 26 | 682 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 29 | 607 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 25 | 667 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 19 | 747 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 24 | 742 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 17 | 791 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 17 | 821 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 16 | 786 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 20 | 707 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 11 | 986 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 15 | 782 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 9 | 1023 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 13 | 830 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 15 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 7 | 1099 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 11 | 802 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 7 | 1036 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 5 | 1147 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 14 | 606 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 11 | 658 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | 851 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 9 | 651 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 5 | 830 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years