Jo
Boy · JOH · Hebrew
Jo is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
What does Jo mean?
Hebrew: short form of Joanna, Josephine, Joseph and similar names
Jo March, the spirited heroine of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, is short for Josephine.
- Say it
- JOH
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Is Jo a girl's or a boy's name?
Jo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Jo in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jo in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2009, 44% of the babies named Jo in the UK were girls.
Jo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Jo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,974among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Jo, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 8,052 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881. 8 boys were also named Jo in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Jo in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1956, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82% of the babies named Jo in the US were girls.
Jo in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 47 | #3,386 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 40 | #3,738 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,932 |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,611 |
| 1997 | 58 | #2,306 |
| 1996 | 44 | #2,756 |
| 1995 | 58 | #2,277 |
| 1994 | 64 | #2,119 |
| 1993 | 60 | #2,190 |
| 1992 | 70 | #1,960 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,907 |
| 1990 | 85 | #1,712 |
| 1989 | 89 | #1,570 |
| 1988 | 111 | #1,299 |
| 1987 | 132 | #1,128 |
| 1986 | 109 | #1,249 |
| 1985 | 171 | #925 |
| 1984 | 210 | #766 |
| 1983 | 207 | #770 |
| 1982 | 267 | #664 |
| 1981 | 340 | #547 |
| 1980 | 349 | #540 |
| 1979 | 306 | #589 |
| 1978 | 323 | #549 |
| 1977 | 365 | #507 |
| 1976 | 417 | #461 |
| 1975 | 520 | #391 |
| 1974 | 587 | #366 |
| 1973 | 665 | #332 |
| 1972 | 722 | #324 |
| 1971 | 910 | #299 |
| 1970 | 1,103 | #272 |
| 1969 | 1,164 | #251 |
| 1968 | 1,325 | #226 |
| 1967 | 1,409 | #214 |
| 1966 | 1,590 | #200 |
| 1965 | 1,852 | #183 |
| 1964 | 2,052 | #184 |
| 1963 | 2,190 | #177 |
| 1962 | 2,449 | #167 |
| 1961 | 2,795 | #152 |
| 1960 | 3,371 | #134 |
| 1959 | 4,052 | #115 |
| 1958 | 5,226 | #91 |
| 1957 | 5,718 | #83 |
| 1956 | 6,953 | #69 |
| 1955 | 7,656 | #58 |
| 1954 | 8,052 | #53 |
| 1953 | 7,513 | #54 |
| 1952 | 7,092 | #55 |
| 1951 | 6,001 | #67 |
| 1950 | 5,676 | #64 |
| 1949 | 5,802 | #60 |
| 1948 | 5,986 | #56 |
| 1947 | 6,724 | #51 |
| 1946 | 5,828 | #53 |
| 1945 | 4,224 | #60 |
| 1944 | 4,226 | #61 |
| 1943 | 4,300 | #63 |
| 1942 | 4,175 | #65 |
| 1941 | 3,757 | #66 |
| 1940 | 3,427 | #72 |
| 1939 | 3,524 | #70 |
| 1938 | 3,172 | #78 |
| 1937 | 3,226 | #73 |
| 1936 | 3,292 | #72 |
| 1935 | 3,296 | #73 |
| 1934 | 3,257 | #75 |
| 1933 | 2,541 | #90 |
| 1932 | 2,388 | #103 |
| 1931 | 2,086 | #116 |
| 1930 | 1,871 | #131 |
| 1929 | 1,593 | #140 |
| 1928 | 1,168 | #179 |
| 1927 | 974 | #203 |
| 1926 | 815 | #222 |
| 1925 | 635 | #264 |
| 1924 | 534 | #285 |
| 1923 | 385 | #334 |
| 1922 | 302 | #376 |
| 1921 | 259 | #417 |
| 1920 | 231 | #444 |
| 1919 | 227 | #437 |
| 1918 | 199 | #479 |
| 1917 | 145 | #561 |
| 1916 | 152 | #538 |
| 1915 | 128 | #570 |
| 1914 | 103 | #550 |
| 1913 | 89 | #538 |
| 1912 | 68 | #591 |
| 1911 | 41 | #676 |
| 1910 | 40 | #672 |
| 1909 | 41 | #608 |
| 1908 | 46 | #546 |
| 1907 | 33 | #649 |
| 1906 | 34 | #611 |
| 1905 | 34 | #600 |
| 1904 | 26 | #682 |
| 1903 | 29 | #607 |
| 1902 | 25 | #667 |
| 1901 | 19 | #747 |
| 1900 | 24 | #742 |
| 1899 | 17 | #791 |
| 1898 | 17 | #821 |
| 1897 | 16 | #786 |
| 1896 | 20 | #707 |
| 1895 | 11 | #986 |
| 1894 | 15 | #782 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,023 |
| 1892 | 13 | #830 |
| 1891 | 15 | #695 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 11 | #802 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1886 | 14 | #606 |
| 1885 | 11 | #658 |
| 1884 | 7 | #851 |
| 1883 | 9 | #651 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #830 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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