Girl name#230 of girl names
Jo
Pronounced JH OW1 (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 1954
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Jo?
Jo is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 190,338 children — the 230th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 368 births across the past decade, against a peak of 8,267 in a single year. That peak was in 1954.
Joe is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Jo and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Joe
Nicknames
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- JH OW1
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Jo
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Jo
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Jo?
- Jo ranks 230th among girls' names in US records, with 190,338 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 368.
- Is Jo a unisex name?
- No. Jo is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Jo most popular?
- 1954, when 8,267 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Jo spelled?
- Joe. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.