Feminine dossier · first seen 1881

Jo

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jo
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.6% from peak

Peak era

1954

Peak rank proxy

8,052

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1881Peak 19542024

Peak year

1954

Decline from peak

99.6%

2024

All-time

179,020

Jo once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1954, when 8,052 girls were named Jo.

In 2024, only 33 girls were given the name.

Down 99.6% from its peak.

All told, about 179,020 Americans have been named Jo and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.6% from peak

19548,052 girls named Jo

202433 girls named Jo

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