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Jo
Pronounced /d͡ʒoʊ/
Rank in 2024
#4,332
Born in 2024
33
Peak year
1954 · #53
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:11 in 2024 (#7,499)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 33 girls were named Jo, about 1 in every 48,884.
- It peaked in 1954 with 8,052 babies, ranked #53.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 179,020 girls have been named Jo since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jo per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 2.7Silent1928–45
- 2.8Boomers1946–64
- 0.5Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5,614 babies, 0.27 per 1,000. Silent: 55,523 babies, 2.69 per 1,000. Boomers: 101,136 babies, 2.82 per 1,000. Gen X: 13,607 babies, 0.53 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,090 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Z: 416 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 401 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Clipping or hypochoristic form of various female given names beginning with Jo..., primarily Joan, Joanna, etc. but also Josephine and Jolene. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in reference to the first derivation. ==== Proper noun ==== Jo A female given name. ===== Usage notes ===== Primarily used as a nickname but also occasionally used as a formal given name, especially in conjoined names such as Jo Ann and Mary Jo.
- A female given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /d͡ʒoʊ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jo, CC BY-SA 4.0.