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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Jo.

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Its story

Popularity since 1911

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 107 recorded years as a table

Jo, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1911	27
1913	18
1914	8
1915	12
1916	12
1917	8
1918	15
1919	11
1920	23
1921	8
1922	12
1923	13
1924	11
1925	13
1926	11
1927	15
1928	19
1929	25
1930	32
1931	33
1932	17
1933	25
1934	31
1935	33
1936	21
1937	27
1938	25
1939	19
1940	20
1941	26
1942	16
1943	22
1944	15
1945	24
1946	11
1947	16
1948	19
1949	17
1950	17
1951	13
1952	17
1953	12
1954	12
1955	16
1956	14
1957	17
1958	9
1959	13
1960	19
1961	10
1962	14
1963	10
1964	12
1965	6
1966	9
1967	7
1968	5
1969	12
1970	15
1971	12
1972	12
1973	10
1974	6
1975	8
1976	8
1977	11
1978	13
1979	10
1980	10
1981	11
1982	10
1983	11
1984	8
1985	11
1986	4
1987	10
1988	3
1989	6
1990	3
1991	4
1992	6
1993	5
1994	3
1995	3
1996	4
1997	3
1998	4
1999	5
2000	7
2001	4
2002	6
2003	6
2004	5
2006	3
2007	6
2008	3
2010	4
2011	3
2012	6
2014	3
2016	4
2017	5
2018	3
2020	5
2023	5
2024	6
2025	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jo isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Jo

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 8
Rank in 2025: #8,910
How rare: 1 in 213,509 boys
Since 1911: 1,854

Most popular in 1931, at 33 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Jo doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.