Jago
Boy · JAY-goh · Hebrew
Jago is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 694th for boys in the UK (57 babies).
What does Jago mean?
Hebrew: Cornish form of James
“heel-holder, supplanter”
Jago is the traditional Cornish form of James, which comes from Jacob.
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- JAY-goh
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Is Jago a girl's or a boy's name?
Jago is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 57 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jago in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #694among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 5,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 57 boys in the UK were named Jago, making it the 694th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 515th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 88 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Jago than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Jago in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 639th in England and Wales.
Jago in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #694 |
| 2024 | 67 | #622 |
| 2023 | 76 | #569 |
| 2022 | 65 | #630 |
| 2021 | 83 | #532 |
| 2020 | 82 | #515 |
| 2019 | 78 | #547 |
| 2018 | 79 | #548 |
| 2017 | 71 | #598 |
| 2016 | 73 | #580 |
| 2015 | 77 | #556 |
| 2014 | 88 | #503 |
| 2013 | 83 | #513 |
| 2012 | 54 | #695 |
| 2011 | 68 | #567 |
| 2010 | 63 | #603 |
| 2009 | 69 | #547 |
| 2008 | 73 | #527 |
| 2007 | 59 | #577 |
| 2006 | 74 | #477 |
| 2005 | 59 | #523 |
| 2004 | 66 | #458 |
| 2003 | 54 | #499 |
| 2002 | 45 | #530 |
| 2001 | 23 | #818 |
| 2000 | 26 | #743 |
| 1999 | 28 | #683 |
| 1998 | 18 | #906 |
| 1997 | 22 | #785 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Jago in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Jago in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jago in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Jago
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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