Jo vs Jomar
Jo and Jomarcompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Boys
In 2002, Jo was ranked #226 and Jomar #526 among boys in Norway.
Jo and Jomar over time
Jo and Jomar appear together in 1 published list, across 34 years of shared records. Jo held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Jomar in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Jomar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Jo in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Longest-running competitions
Jo and Jomar were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 34 years, from 1945 to 2002, ending at #226 and #526.
List by list
Norway · Boys34 shared years, 1945–2002
Jo held the stronger position in 34 of those years, Jomar in 0.
Highest recorded here: Jo #96 in 1966, Jomar #237 in 1959.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2002: Jo #226, Jomar #526.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Jo | Jomar |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | Used for both boys and girls | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 1 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #319 (2025) | Norway · Boys #526 (2002) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Jo has 1 syllable, compared with 2 for Jomar.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Jo
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #301 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #96 among boys in Norway, in 1966 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #319 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Jomar
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #330 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2002
Highest recorded position: #237 among boys in Norway, in 1959 (recorded 1945–2002).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2002
Most recently recorded at #526 among boys in Norway, in 2002.
Norway · Boys