Jo Name Popularity

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How popular is Jo?

In 2018 the rare name Jo, ranked the 3,736th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Jo is currently less popular.

Position 51, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1947.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1954 with 8,053 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Jo in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1882.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Jo occurred roughly during the years 1893-1896, 1897-1900, 1904-1908, 1909-1934, 1938-1942, 1943-1947, 1949-1954, and 2010-2017, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1956-1978, 1980-1986, 2001-2004, and 2006-2009.

Sometimes the name Jo has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Jo has been moving downward for a while. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Jo has risen significantly.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Jo?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The name Jo is very unique but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Jo has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Jo (Girl)		Jo (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		40	3,736	6	11,344
2017		40	3,795	9	8,443
2016		34	4,280	7	10,156
2015		27	5,035	< 5	--
2014		18	6,831	6	11,356
2013		15	7,940	< 5	--
2012		18	6,976	11	7,267
2011		14	8,387	6	11,486
2010		6	15,853	7	10,164
2009		18	7,176	< 5	--
2008		17	7,548	7	10,411
2007		18	7,228	12	6,842
2006		24	5,613	7	10,078
2005		17	6,971	< 5	--
2004		18	6,614	9	7,837
2003		29	4,462	11	6,467
2002		29	4,328	12	5,888
2001		28	4,370	8	7,888
2000		24	4,864	14	5,163
1999		45	2,954	10	6,254
1998		52	2,630	8	7,173
1997		57	2,341	5	9,971
1996		44	2,774	8	6,782
1995		58	2,293	6	8,279
1994		64	2,132	5	9,497
1993		60	2,201	9	5,967
1992		70	1,973	11	5,044
1991		73	1,922	9	5,721
1990		85	1,725	6	7,574
1989		89	1,578	13	4,151
1988		111	1,306	5	7,837
1987		133	1,125	18	2,885
1986		109	1,251	7	5,607
1985		171	926	21	2,460
1984		210	770	14	3,183
1983		207	771	20	2,449
1982		267	665	19	2,553
1981		340	547	19	2,534
1980		349	540	17	2,783
1979		306	589	18	2,632
1978		323	548	21	2,246
1977		365	509	18	2,509
1976		417	461	13	3,011
1975		521	389	13	2,989
1974		586	367	10	3,435
1973		665	332	16	2,446
1972		722	324	19	2,117
1971		911	301	21	2,011
1970		1,102	272	27	1,675
1969		1,166	251	21	1,836
1968		1,324	226	9	2,987
1967		1,409	214	13	2,290
1966		1,590	200	16	2,001
1965		1,851	183	12	2,413
1964		2,052	184	23	1,677
1963		2,190	177	21	1,768
1962		2,448	167	29	1,463
1961		2,794	152	22	1,760
1960		3,372	134	40	1,247
1959		4,055	115	27	1,539
1958		5,223	91	20	1,802
1957		5,721	83	36	1,307
1956		6,956	69	30	1,431
1955		7,663	58	33	1,325
1954		8,053	53	25	1,541
1953		7,514	54	24	1,568
1952		7,091	55	34	1,283
1951		6,001	67	24	1,539
1950		5,676	64	31	1,303
1949		5,804	60	30	1,332
1948		5,983	56	34	1,241
1947		6,727	51	30	1,348
1946		5,829	53	18	1,720
1945		4,223	60	32	1,172
1944		4,226	61	21	1,504
1943		4,298	63	31	1,250
1942		4,174	65	22	1,512
1941		3,756	66	32	1,179
1940		3,427	72	23	1,419
1939		3,524	70	21	1,475
1938		3,172	78	28	1,262
1937		3,226	73	29	1,250
1936		3,292	72	22	1,438
1935		3,295	73	34	1,132
1934		3,258	75	32	1,183
1933		2,541	90	25	1,346
1932		2,389	103	18	1,751
1931		2,085	116	34	1,181
1930		1,871	131	35	1,206
1929		1,593	140	27	1,398
1928		1,168	179	21	1,671
1927		974	203	17	1,989
1926		815	222	12	2,493
1925		635	264	14	2,262
1924		534	285	13	2,408
1923		385	334	14	2,279
1922		302	376	13	2,410
1921		259	417	9	3,105
1920		231	444	25	1,528
1919		227	437	11	2,587
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	< 5	--
1911		41	680	6	1,638
1910		40	676	< 5	--
1909		41	610	< 5	--
1908		46	548	< 5	--
1907		33	660	< 5	--
1906		34	619	< 5	--
1905		34	606	< 5	--
1904		26	692	< 5	--
1903		29	617	< 5	--
1902		25	678	< 5	--
1901		19	754	< 5	--
1900		24	754	< 5	--
1899		17	801	< 5	--
1898		17	830	< 5	--
1897		16	811	< 5	--
1896		20	715	< 5	--
1895		11	1,017	< 5	--
1894		15	802	< 5	--
1893		9	1,048	< 5	--
1892		13	846	< 5	--
1891		15	710	< 5	--
1890		7	1,146	< 5	--
1889		11	824	< 5	--
1888		7	1,084	< 5	--
1887		5	1,222	< 5	--
1886		14	621	< 5	--
1885		11	676	< 5	--
1884		7	888	< 5	--
1883		9	669	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		5	881	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.