Jojo

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies

Jojo by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Jojo. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Jojo

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jojo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • JoaoGod is gracious; Portuguese form of John25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jonjogod is gracious; reduplicative form of Jon3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Jojo

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