The name Jo is a diminutive form of Josephine.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jo has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Jo
Use of the Name Jo for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
177,225
57,298
1,547
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jo has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Jo first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1881, which is the first year shown on the table.
Jo last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1985, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Jo
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1881
882
5
1882
1883
670
9
1884
888
7
1885
676
11
1886
622
14
1887
1888
1889
825
11
1890
1891
710
15
1892
846
13
1893
1894
802
15
1895
1896
715
20
1897
810
16
1898
830
17
1899
801
17
1900
754
24
1901
754
19
1902
677
25
1903
617
29
1904
693
26
1905
606
34
1906
619
34
1907
660
33
1908
548
46
1909
608
41
1910
675
40
1911
677
41
1912
590
68
1913
537
89
1914
551
103
1915
570
128
1916
539
152
1917
561
146
1918
479
200
1919
436
227
1920
444
232
1921
419
258
1922
375
304
1923
332
387
1924
284
539
1925
265
631
1926
223
811
1927
203
973
1928
179
1,169
1929
140
1,591
1930
131
1,871
1931
116
2,086
1932
103
2,384
1933
90
2,542
1934
75
3,249
1935
73
3,295
1936
72
3,290
1937
73
3,228
1938
78
3,168
1939
70
3,523
1940
71
3,430
1941
66
3,751
1942
65
4,187
1943
63
4,279
1944
61
4,223
1945
60
4,228
1946
53
5,820
1947
51
6,711
1948
56
5,980
1949
60
5,801
1950
64
5,668
1951
67
5,975
1952
55
7,100
1953
54
7,516
1954
53
8,052
1955
57
7,661
1956
69
6,945
1957
83
5,724
1958
91
5,217
1959
115
4,057
1960
134
3,377
1961
152
2,794
1962
167
2,444
1963
176
2,196
1964
183
2,055
1965
183
1,852
1966
200
1,592
1967
214
1,408
1968
225
1,328
1969
251
1,168
1970
272
1,103
1971
299
915
1972
324
724
1973
332
669
1974
365
589
1975
388
522
1976
461
417
1977
509
365
1978
548
323
1979
590
306
1980
543
347
1981
543
342
1982
661
269
1983
775
206
1984
769
210
1985
912
173
Totals:
177,225
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Jo as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Jo appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 99 times during the last 125 years.