NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Jo Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Jo: every year it appeared on the national list since 1911, with 1,854 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
1,854
Peak year
1960 #1246
Years on the list
107
10-year trend
-6.7%

In the 1960s ·

Popularity history

1911–2025

YearBirthsRank
20049#7842
20067#10084
200712#6846
20087#10420
20107#10174
20116#11496
201211#7275
20146#11374
20167#10177
20179#8472
20186#11421
20208#9098
20239#8555
202411#7485
20258#9273

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

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State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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