Ho

Boy · recorded 1971–1999

  • 1999last recorded
  • 1989best year

Most popular in 1989.

Last recorded in 1999. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ho.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1971

03619711978198519921999

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 17 recorded years as a table
Ho, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19713
19753
19773
19783
19794
19814
19824
19836
19844
19865
19875
19896
19904
19914
19924
19934
19994

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ho isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1999
7
Rank in 1999
#7,874
How rare
1 in 274,307 boys
Since 1971
129

Ho was last recorded in 1999. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1989, at 6 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ho doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.