Jo vs Kim-Andre
Jo and Kim-Andrecompared 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 2006, Jo was ranked #206 and Kim-Andre #506 among boys in Norway.
Jo and Kim-Andre over time
Jo and Kim-Andre appear together in 1 published list, across 23 years of shared records. Jo held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Kim-Andre in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Jo reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Kim-Andre 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.
List by list
Norway · Boys23 shared years, 1975–2006
Jo held the stronger position in 23 of those years, Kim-Andre in 0.
Highest recorded here: Jo #146 in 1986, Kim-Andre #208 in 1990.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2006: Jo #206, Kim-Andre #506.
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 | Kim-Andre |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 |
| 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 #506 (2006) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 70/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Jo has 1 syllable, compared with 3 for Kim-Andre.
- 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
Kim-Andre
Popularity journey
First recorded1975
First recorded at #614 among boys in Norway in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1975–2006
Highest recorded position: #208 among boys in Norway, in 1990 (recorded 1975–2006).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #506 among boys in Norway, in 2006.
Norway · Boys