Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jo

#228 most common girls' name of all time · #433 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among girls
#228
Rank overall
#433 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
144 of 146
All-time
180,911
Since 2016
436
Peak year
1954 #53
Best rank
#51 1947
Girls Boys peak 8,077/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Jo first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 36 8 44 #3,981
2024 34 11 45 #4,211
2023 47 9 56 #3,386
2022 36 — 36 #4,046
2021 42 — 42 #3,617
2020 35 8 43 #4,012
2019 34 — 34 #4,168
2018 40 6 46 #3,740
2017 40 9 49 #3,774
2016 34 7 41 #4,258
2015 27 — 27 #4,992
2014 18 6 24 #6,722
2013 15 — 15 #7,767
2012 18 11 29 #6,885
2011 14 6 20 #8,212
2010 6 7 13 #15,002
2009 18 — 18 #7,077
2008 17 7 24 #7,428
2007 18 12 30 #7,109
2006 25 7 32 #5,388
2005 17 — 17 #6,828
2004 18 9 27 #6,498
2003 29 11 40 #4,427
2002 29 12 41 #4,291
2001 28 8 36 #4,326
2000 24 14 38 #4,804
1999 45 10 55 #2,938
1998 52 8 60 #2,618
1997 58 5 63 #2,310
1996 44 8 52 #2,763
1995 58 6 64 #2,285
1994 64 5 69 #2,126
1993 60 9 69 #2,196
1992 70 11 81 #1,966
1991 73 9 82 #1,916
1990 85 6 91 #1,718
1989 89 13 102 #1,574
1988 111 5 116 #1,302
1987 132 18 150 #1,129
1986 109 7 116 #1,251
1985 171 21 192 #925
1984 210 14 224 #767
1983 207 20 227 #771
1982 267 19 286 #666
1981 340 19 359 #547
1980 349 17 366 #540
1979 306 18 324 #589
1978 323 21 344 #549
1977 365 18 383 #507
1976 417 13 430 #461
1975 520 13 533 #392
1974 587 10 597 #367
1973 665 16 681 #332
1972 722 19 741 #324
1971 910 21 931 #299
1970 1,103 27 1,130 #272
1969 1,164 21 1,185 #251
1968 1,325 9 1,334 #226
1967 1,409 13 1,422 #214
1966 1,590 16 1,606 #200
1965 1,852 12 1,864 #183
1964 2,052 23 2,075 #184
1963 2,190 21 2,211 #177
1962 2,449 29 2,478 #167
1961 2,795 22 2,817 #152
1960 3,371 40 3,411 #134
1959 4,052 27 4,079 #115
1958 5,226 20 5,246 #91
1957 5,718 36 5,754 #83
1956 6,953 30 6,983 #69
1955 7,656 33 7,689 #58
1954 8,052 25 8,077 #53
1953 7,513 24 7,537 #54
1952 7,092 34 7,126 #55
1951 6,001 24 6,025 #67
1950 5,676 31 5,707 #64
1949 5,802 30 5,832 #60
1948 5,986 34 6,020 #56
1947 6,724 30 6,754 #51
1946 5,828 18 5,846 #53
1945 4,224 32 4,256 #60
1944 4,226 21 4,247 #61
1943 4,300 31 4,331 #63
1942 4,175 22 4,197 #65
1941 3,757 32 3,789 #66
1940 3,427 23 3,450 #72
1939 3,524 21 3,545 #70
1938 3,172 28 3,200 #78
1937 3,226 29 3,255 #73
1936 3,292 22 3,314 #72
1935 3,296 34 3,330 #73
1934 3,257 32 3,289 #75
1933 2,541 25 2,566 #90
1932 2,388 18 2,406 #103
1931 2,086 34 2,120 #116
1930 1,871 35 1,906 #131
1929 1,593 27 1,620 #140
1928 1,168 21 1,189 #179
1927 974 17 991 #203
1926 815 12 827 #222
1925 635 14 649 #264
1924 534 13 547 #285
1923 385 14 399 #334
1922 302 13 315 #376
1921 259 9 268 #417
1920 231 25 256 #444
1919 227 11 238 #437
1918 199 15 214 #480
1917 145 7 152 #563
1916 152 11 163 #539
1915 128 10 138 #571
1914 103 5 108 #551
1913 89 9 98 #540
1912 68 — 68 #593
1911 41 6 47 #681
1910 40 — 40 #676
1909 41 — 41 #612
1908 46 — 46 #553
1907 33 — 33 #661
1906 34 — 34 #618
1905 34 — 34 #607
1904 26 — 26 #692
1903 29 — 29 #621
1902 25 — 25 #685
1901 19 — 19 #761
1900 24 — 24 #754
1899 17 — 17 #808
1898 17 — 17 #833
1897 16 — 16 #811
1896 20 — 20 #717
1895 11 — 11 #1,016
1894 15 — 15 #800
1893 9 — 9 #1,057
1892 13 — 13 #850
1891 15 — 15 #721
1890 7 — 7 #1,135
1889 11 — 11 #826
1888 7 — 7 #1,076
1887 5 — 5 #1,196
1886 14 — 14 #629
1885 11 — 11 #691
1884 7 — 7 #894
1883 9 — 9 #688
1881 5 — 5 #909