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Jojo

#12,891 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Diminutive of Joseph

Jojo has been given to 476 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #12,891 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 13 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 56% boys, 44% girls all-time.

Babies named Jojo, 2025

1 in 663,000

Jojo over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jojo over time

In 2025, Jojo went to 62% girls and 38% boys.

19572025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jojo: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Joseph

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jojo means

Jojo is a diminutive of Joseph.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Jojo is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.d͡ʒoʊ/ for Jojo.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jojo → Joseph. The family’s meaning is “(God) shall add”, recorded in English with the source elements Yoséf.

Origin, language, and formation

Jojo is used in English and Cebuano.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Joseph, Jonathan, Joanne and Johanna.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 267 boys were recorded with the name Jojo between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2007; its best national rank was #3,144 in 1975.

In the United States, 209 girls were recorded with the name Jojo between 1957 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2016; its best national rank was #5,394 in 1960.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,459 in 2020 to #11,364 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jojo?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,891
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jojo sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jojo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jojos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jojo was born before 2002 — so the typical Jojo is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
27.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
52.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
267
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1970s — 27.7% of all recorded uses (74).

Is Jojo rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−5,408
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
38.5%
Peak was 2007 (13)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
47.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,144
1975

Spellings of Jojo

Jojo is not the most common spelling — John is, with 76.0% against Jojo's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jojo is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jojo was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,584,399 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jojo has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jojo around the world

Where Jojo ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1993–1993
    #519
    in 1993

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jojo by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,891
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#3,144
1975
Peak year
2007
13 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
267
Count in 2025
5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,364
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,905
Best rank ever
#5,394
1960
Peak year
2016
18 that year
First recorded
1957
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
209
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Jojo

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Jojo

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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