Given name & surname
Kojo
“born on a Monday”
Kojo is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “born on a Monday.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “born on a Monday.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kojo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 334
- 334 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,449 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,449 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 692 as a first name in 2020; 130 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kojo’s family of names
Kojo has a related form in Koejo. Kojo has a related form in Koejoe. Kojo has a related form in Kojoe.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kojo
- Kojo Peprah OppongGhanaian association football playerborn 2004
- Kojo BotsioGhanaian politician (1916 – 2001)
- Kojo Annanson of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annanborn 1973
- Kojo LaingGhanaian author, novelist and poet (1946-2017)
- Kojo Appiah-KubiGhanaian politicianborn 1956
- Kojo AsemanyiGhanaian politicianborn 1979
- Kojo DadzieAmerican soccer playerborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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