Joan

#1,085 for girls in 2025, 222 births · #984 for boys in 2025, 232 births
Given to girls 98.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
#5
1932 · 21,044 births
Debut · girls
1880
12 births
In top 100 · girls
41 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
481,238
since 1880

Joan over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #5, 1932girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,085222#984232
2024#1,240188#1,013220
2023#1,361165#1,079200
2022#1,412161#1,084201
2021#1,384158#1,112185
2020#1,545137#1,134172
2019#1,585134#1,171165
2018#1,741118#1,101178
2017#1,677128#1,116172
2016#1,841112#1,049188
2015#1,99699#1,124170
2014#2,41275#1,218150
2013#2,48472#1,100168
2012#2,35679#1,258140
2011#2,76363#1,212144
2010#2,84161#1,195150
2009#2,61470#1,059178
2008#2,69068#1,081173
2007#2,71067#912217
2006#2,35380#985188
2005#1,849105#995173
2004#1,97294#1,016161
2003#1,802104#1,103139
2002#1,654111#781221
2001#1,356141#863186
2000#1,217163#911170
1999#1,408125#1,31192
1998#1,355129#1,30191
1997#1,240144#1,116113
1996#1,279135#1,51766
1995#1,100161#2,02641
1994#1,061171#1,92743
1993#902214#1,82446
1992#800252#1,88443
1991#800256#1,98338
1990#761271#1,73046
1989#707280#1,99336
1988#685280#1,81537
1987#664281#1,89633
1986#647284#2,16126
1985#601316#2,29323
1984#565327#2,52919
1983#540347#2,91215
1982#539360#2,20723
1981#499403#2,68017
1980#490422#2,61718
1979#502401#3,01814
1978#471419#2,92914
1977#456433#2,79115
1976#433462#2,94613
1975#378550#3,42810
1974#371577#2,35817
1973#367579#3,01311
1972#322729#2,53414
1971#2801,022#2,27917
1970#2401,308#2,39915
1969#2001,566#2,30814
1968#1821,783#1,42830
1967#1492,305#2,03015
1966#1332,721#1,89117
1965#1163,279#1,80619
1964#994,149#1,43530
1963#954,562#1,54826
1962#944,879#1,71322
1961#895,551#1,82320
1960#805,881#1,52328
1959#766,337#1,38732
1958#686,785#1,76620
1957#607,584#1,41131
1956#528,080#1,56825
1955#468,557#1,33932
1954#409,521#1,40829
1953#379,774#1,40829
1952#3710,278#1,51725
1951#399,403#1,59822
1950#408,860#1,36428
1949#369,206#1,12839
1948#379,275#1,70319
1947#3011,277#1,44926
1946#2811,218#1,29929
1945#2510,394#1,34924
1944#2211,920#87053
1943#2113,232#91753
1942#1814,514#78667
1941#1713,380#71375
1940#1413,292#78263
1939#1114,143#74565
1938#1014,303#72471
1937#915,301#61988
1936#717,072#65380
1935#718,220#61890
1934#719,465#65585
1933#519,294#76264
1932#521,044#64488
1931#519,119#66481
1930#815,478#77768
1929#1311,666#90055
1928#277,854#1,18836
1927#416,032#1,26733
1926#514,995#1,40427
1925#664,030#1,42527
1924#953,023#2,13215
1923#1172,304#1,87418
1922#1272,010#2,04016
1921#1421,790#2,63211
1920#1431,647#2,05216
1919#1741,247#1,97316
1918#1601,384#2,8829
1917#1821,048#2,18813
1916#211823#2,54310
1915#210784#3,0827
1914#217578#2,9156
1913#238411—
1912#250317#2,5445
1911#254233#1,3877
1910#277196—
1909#302142—
1908#353104—
1907#335109—
1906#34294—
1905#332104—
1904#38573—
1903#40063#1,1305
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1900#44057—
1899#57828—
1898#48640—
1897#50933—
1896#53831—
1895#56528—
1894#64321—
1893#61422—
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1891#72714—
1890#61718—
1889#55521—
1888#69014—
1887#58615—
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1884#64011—
1883#8176—
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1880#49212—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Joan was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

See more about Joan
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 155 spots since 2024 (#1,240 → #1,085)
  • 460 spots since 2020 (#1,545 → #1,085)
  • 911 spots since 2015 (#1,996 → #1,085)
  • Biggest jump: 248 spots in 1892 (#727 → #479)
  • Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1883 (#560 → #817)
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1932 at #5 (21,044 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: 9 yrs · run 1930–1938
  • Top 100: 41 yrs · run 1924–1964
  • Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1880–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 51
  • Highest: 1 in 51 girls born in 1932 were named Joan (2.0%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,240 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 36.0% of all girls named Joan (173,439) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s121#492 (1880)#638
1890s267#479 (1892)#576
1900s863#302 (1909)#369
1910s7,021#160 (1918)#217
1920s45,351#13 (1929)#82
1930s173,439#5 (1932)#7
1940s117,708#14 (1940)#25
1950s85,179#37 (1952)#50
1960s36,676#80 (1960)#124
1970s6,480#240 (1970)#382
1980s3,300#490 (1980)#594
1990s1,858#761 (1990)#1,071
2000s1,003#1,217 (2000)#2,022
2010s941#1,585 (2019)#2,170
2020s1,031#1,085 (2025)#1,338

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Joan in 1926

girls
#51
4,995 births · 1 in 237 girls
boys
#1,404
27 births · 1 in 41,130 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #51Joan4,995

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #1,404Joan27
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 237 of them was named Joan, which outranked 99.1% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joan
  1. #48Hazel5,303
  2. #49Dolores5,218
  3. #50Rita5,015
  4. #51Joan4,995
  5. #52Juanita4,981
  6. #53Lorraine4,891
  7. #54Geraldine4,812
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 41,130 of them was named Joan, which outranked 71.0% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joan
  1. #1,379Stafford28
  2. #1,379Wilburt28
  3. #1,379Zeb28
  4. #1,404Joan27
  5. #1,404Akira27
  6. #1,404Amado27
  7. #1,404Arlyn27
  8. #1,432Adan26
  9. #1,432Algie26
  10. #1,432Beauford26

Tied with 27 names at #1,404; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 477Jonnie#1,332 → #855
  2. ↑ 433Jorge#1,425 → #992
  3. ↑ 410Faustino#1,390 → #980
  4. ↑ 404Adelbert#1,246 → #842
  5. ↑ 381Cameron#1,164 → #783
Fallers
  1. ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
  2. ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
  3. ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
  5. ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1926 →