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Jo: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 36 in 2025. Its best rank was #51 in 1947.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #51 in 1947; #4,028 in 2025. About 82% of babies named Jo in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,028 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1947, at #51.
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Jo: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 36 girls in 2025. Peak: #51 in 1947 · most girls in one year: 8,052 (1954).
In 2025, 36 US girls were named Jo, making it the 4,028th most common girls’ name of the year, up 219 places from #4,247 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 34 girls named Jo in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #51, reached in 1947. The most girls given the name in a single year was 8,052, in 1954. For comparison, it was #5,043 in 2015 and #64 in 1950.
In 2025, 8 US boys were named Jo, making it the 9,273rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 1,788 places from #7,485 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 11 boys named Jo in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,132, reached in 1935. The most boys given the name in a single year was 40, in 1960. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #1,303 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jo in 144 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 180,911 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 1.0% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 64,223 babies named Jo.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 378 US girls were named Jo; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 47. In 2025 that was about 1 in 44,646 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Joe (464,574 babies since 1880), Joy (143,324 babies since 1880), Jodi (80,657 babies since 1880) and Joi (6,095 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jojo are summarised on this page.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jojo (476).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #4,028 | 8 | #9,273 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,247 | 11 | #7,485 |
| 2023 | 47 | #3,400 | 9 | #8,555 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,075 | — | — |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,641 | — | — |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,048 | 8 | #9,098 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,209 | — | — |
| 2018 | 40 | #3,758 | 6 | #11,421 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,808 | 9 | #8,472 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,298 | 7 | #10,177 |
| 2015 | 27 | #5,043 | — | — |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,842 | 6 | #11,374 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,950 | — | — |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,987 | 11 | #7,275 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,395 | 6 | #11,496 |
| 2010 | 6 | #15,876 | 7 | #10,174 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,185 | — | — |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,557 | 7 | #10,420 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,234 | 12 | #6,846 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,453 | 7 | #10,084 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,975 | — | — |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,616 | 9 | #7,842 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,467 | 11 | #6,470 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,329 | 12 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,372 | 8 | #7,896 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,870 | 14 | #5,166 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,956 | 10 | #6,256 |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,630 | 8 | #7,174 |
| 1997 | 58 | #2,317 | 5 | #9,972 |
| 1996 | 44 | #2,775 | 8 | #6,783 |
| 1995 | 58 | #2,293 | 6 | #8,282 |
| 1994 | 64 | #2,132 | 5 | #9,502 |
| 1993 | 60 | #2,201 | 9 | #5,968 |
| 1992 | 70 | #1,972 | 11 | #5,046 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,922 | 9 | #5,724 |
| 1990 | 85 | #1,725 | 6 | #7,579 |
| 1989 | 89 | #1,577 | 13 | #4,151 |
| 1988 | 111 | #1,306 | 5 | #7,846 |
| 1987 | 132 | #1,130 | 18 | #2,886 |
| 1986 | 109 | #1,251 | 7 | #5,612 |
| 1985 | 171 | #926 | 21 | #2,463 |
| 1984 | 210 | #769 | 14 | #3,183 |
| 1983 | 207 | #771 | 20 | #2,450 |
| 1982 | 267 | #665 | 19 | #2,553 |
| 1981 | 340 | #547 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1980 | 349 | #540 | 17 | #2,786 |
| 1979 | 306 | #589 | 18 | #2,636 |
| 1978 | 323 | #549 | 21 | #2,245 |
| 1977 | 365 | #509 | 18 | #2,510 |
| 1976 | 417 | #461 | 13 | #3,010 |
| 1975 | 520 | #392 | 13 | #2,990 |
| 1974 | 587 | #366 | 10 | #3,435 |
| 1973 | 665 | #332 | 16 | #2,446 |
| 1972 | 722 | #325 | 19 | #2,117 |
| 1971 | 910 | #302 | 21 | #2,011 |
| 1970 | 1,103 | #272 | 27 | #1,676 |
| 1969 | 1,164 | #251 | 21 | #1,836 |
| 1968 | 1,325 | #226 | 9 | #2,990 |
| 1967 | 1,409 | #214 | 13 | #2,293 |
| 1966 | 1,590 | #200 | 16 | #2,003 |
| 1965 | 1,852 | #183 | 12 | #2,414 |
| 1964 | 2,052 | #184 | 23 | #1,677 |
| 1963 | 2,190 | #177 | 21 | #1,770 |
| 1962 | 2,449 | #167 | 29 | #1,462 |
| 1961 | 2,795 | #152 | 22 | #1,762 |
| 1960 | 3,371 | #134 | 40 | #1,246 |
| 1959 | 4,052 | #115 | 27 | #1,542 |
| 1958 | 5,226 | #91 | 20 | #1,803 |
| 1957 | 5,718 | #83 | 36 | #1,306 |
| 1956 | 6,953 | #69 | 30 | #1,429 |
| 1955 | 7,656 | #58 | 33 | #1,326 |
| 1954 | 8,052 | #53 | 25 | #1,543 |
| 1953 | 7,513 | #54 | 24 | #1,567 |
| 1952 | 7,092 | #55 | 34 | #1,281 |
| 1951 | 6,001 | #67 | 24 | #1,540 |
| 1950 | 5,676 | #64 | 31 | #1,303 |
| 1949 | 5,802 | #60 | 30 | #1,332 |
| 1948 | 5,986 | #56 | 34 | #1,240 |
| 1947 | 6,724 | #51 | 30 | #1,349 |
| 1946 | 5,828 | #53 | 18 | #1,719 |
| 1945 | 4,224 | #60 | 32 | #1,173 |
| 1944 | 4,226 | #61 | 21 | #1,507 |
| 1943 | 4,300 | #63 | 31 | #1,249 |
| 1942 | 4,175 | #65 | 22 | #1,513 |
| 1941 | 3,757 | #66 | 32 | #1,177 |
| 1940 | 3,427 | #72 | 23 | #1,419 |
| 1939 | 3,524 | #70 | 21 | #1,476 |
| 1938 | 3,172 | #78 | 28 | #1,261 |
| 1937 | 3,226 | #73 | 29 | #1,250 |
| 1936 | 3,292 | #72 | 22 | #1,438 |
| 1935 | 3,296 | #73 | 34 | #1,132 |
| 1934 | 3,257 | #75 | 32 | #1,183 |
| 1933 | 2,541 | #90 | 25 | #1,346 |
| 1932 | 2,388 | #103 | 18 | #1,752 |
| 1931 | 2,086 | #116 | 34 | #1,182 |
| 1930 | 1,871 | #131 | 35 | #1,206 |
| 1929 | 1,593 | #140 | 27 | #1,398 |
| 1928 | 1,168 | #179 | 21 | #1,673 |
| 1927 | 974 | #203 | 17 | #1,989 |
| 1926 | 815 | #222 | 12 | #2,492 |
| 1925 | 635 | #264 | 14 | #2,261 |
| 1924 | 534 | #285 | 13 | #2,409 |
| 1923 | 385 | #334 | 14 | #2,280 |
| 1922 | 302 | #376 | 13 | #2,411 |
| 1921 | 259 | #417 | 9 | #3,105 |
| 1920 | 231 | #444 | 25 | #1,528 |
| 1919 | 227 | #437 | 11 | #2,588 |
| 1918 | 199 | #479 | 15 | #2,115 |
| 1917 | 145 | #563 | 7 | #3,393 |
| 1916 | 152 | #539 | 11 | #2,468 |
| 1915 | 128 | #571 | 10 | #2,538 |
| 1914 | 103 | #550 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1913 | 89 | #538 | 9 | #2,018 |
| 1912 | 68 | #593 | — | — |
| 1911 | 41 | #680 | 6 | #1,638 |
| 1910 | 40 | #676 | — | — |
| 1909 | 41 | #610 | — | — |
| 1908 | 46 | #548 | — | — |
| 1907 | 33 | #660 | — | — |
| 1906 | 34 | #619 | — | — |
| 1905 | 34 | #606 | — | — |
| 1904 | 26 | #692 | — | — |
| 1903 | 29 | #617 | — | — |
| 1902 | 25 | #678 | — | — |
| 1901 | 19 | #754 | — | — |
| 1900 | 24 | #753 | — | — |
| 1899 | 17 | #801 | — | — |
| 1898 | 17 | #830 | — | — |
| 1897 | 16 | #811 | — | — |
| 1896 | 20 | #715 | — | — |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,017 | — | — |
| 1894 | 15 | #802 | — | — |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,048 | — | — |
| 1892 | 13 | #846 | — | — |
| 1891 | 15 | #710 | — | — |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,146 | — | — |
| 1889 | 11 | #824 | — | — |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,084 | — | — |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,222 | — | — |
| 1886 | 14 | #621 | — | — |
| 1885 | 11 | #676 | — | — |
| 1884 | 7 | #888 | — | — |
| 1883 | 9 | #669 | — | — |
| 1881 | 5 | #881 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).