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Jo
Pronounced /d͡ʒoʊ/
Rank in 2024
#7,499
Born in 2024
11
Peak year
1960 · #1247
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:33 in 2024 (#4,332)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 11 boys were named Jo, about 1 in every 155,938.
- It peaked in 1960 with 40 babies, ranked #1247.
- It first shows up in the records in 1911.
- 1,846 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 191 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 487 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 531 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 264 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 190 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 127 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 56 babies, 0.00 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.