Unisex name · since 1969
Jojo
Jojo has 267 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,284 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,299 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
267 babies have been named Jojo since 1969, making it today's #12299 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jojo has been recorded 267 times among boys since 1969, currently ranked #12299 nationally and more common than 12% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #11,284 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,299 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 267 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jojo ranks #11,284 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,299 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 267 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #11,284 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,299 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jojo's 267 recorded births place it above 75.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jojo compares
267 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jojo's all-time total is 28% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jojo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 267 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jojo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jojo's full recorded timeline at 2002, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jojo popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Jojo popularity over time - girls
209 total births recorded since 1957 (Jojo as girls' name)
Jojo by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (74 births, 28% of the file).
1970s was Jojo's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Jojo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
74 births
- 1980s
1980s
34 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 74 births (28% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jojo's data
- Jojo's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jojo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~56 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jojo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.