Joann
#3,028 for girls in 2025, 54 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1934 · 4,149 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 19 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 156,892since 1891
Joann over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,028 | 54 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,047 | 53 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,091 | 53 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #2,364 | 78 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,958 | 56 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,659 | 63 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #2,729 | 62 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #2,404 | 75 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,401 | 75 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,539 | 70 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,169 | 87 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,517 | 71 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,597 | 68 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,006 | 56 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #2,483 | 73 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,493 | 74 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,076 | 98 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,253 | 87 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #2,003 | 102 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,050 | 96 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #1,933 | 99 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #1,667 | 116 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #1,542 | 125 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #1,584 | 117 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #1,427 | 132 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,344 | 140 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #1,341 | 132 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,150 | 164 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #1,091 | 172 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #1,087 | 170 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,007 | 184 | — | |
| 1994 | #941 | 197 | — | |
| 1993 | #881 | 219 | — | |
| 1992 | #865 | 228 | — | |
| 1991 | #745 | 279 | — | |
| 1990 | #683 | 312 | — | |
| 1989 | #658 | 310 | — | |
| 1988 | #602 | 331 | — | |
| 1987 | #563 | 355 | — | |
| 1986 | #552 | 369 | — | |
| 1985 | #507 | 399 | — | |
| 1984 | #464 | 451 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #457 | 448 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #430 | 509 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #426 | 506 | — | |
| 1980 | #385 | 599 | — | |
| 1979 | #357 | 635 | — | |
| 1978 | #364 | 586 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #324 | 726 | — | |
| 1976 | #287 | 801 | — | |
| 1975 | #258 | 938 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #242 | 1,058 | — | |
| 1973 | #244 | 1,040 | — | |
| 1972 | #247 | 1,101 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #220 | 1,380 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #205 | 1,559 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #196 | 1,634 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #190 | 1,676 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #178 | 1,794 | — | |
| 1966 | #164 | 2,117 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #158 | 2,395 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #148 | 2,736 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #151 | 2,652 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #137 | 3,112 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #137 | 3,350 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #131 | 3,409 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #130 | 3,459 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #122 | 3,700 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #137 | 3,057 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #139 | 3,003 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #136 | 2,936 | — | |
| 1954 | #129 | 3,063 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #121 | 3,171 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #116 | 3,266 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #104 | 3,422 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #98 | 3,600 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #101 | 3,523 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #94 | 3,799 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #89 | 4,276 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #90 | 3,945 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #80 | 3,465 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #65 | 3,973 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | #60 | 4,464 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #58 | 4,506 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #58 | 4,275 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #63 | 3,789 | #1,471 | 21 |
| 1939 | #57 | 3,994 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #68 | 3,710 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #58 | 3,936 | #1,828 | 15 |
| 1936 | #55 | 3,886 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #53 | 3,913 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #50 | 4,149 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #72 | 3,209 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #79 | 3,115 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #90 | 2,655 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #118 | 2,131 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #144 | 1,550 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #201 | 1,001 | — | |
| 1927 | #226 | 784 | — | |
| 1926 | #267 | 622 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #305 | 470 | — | |
| 1924 | #342 | 386 | — | |
| 1923 | #417 | 257 | — | |
| 1922 | #479 | 206 | — | |
| 1921 | #585 | 153 | — | |
| 1920 | #599 | 143 | — | |
| 1919 | #724 | 93 | — | |
| 1918 | #671 | 113 | — | |
| 1917 | #740 | 90 | — | |
| 1916 | #802 | 72 | — | |
| 1915 | #811 | 65 | — | |
| 1914 | #759 | 58 | — | |
| 1913 | #961 | 31 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,080 | 23 | — | |
| 1911 | #811 | 28 | — | |
| 1910 | #970 | 20 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Joann! It came in at #1,213, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Joann
- 19 spots since 2024 (#3,047 → #3,028)
- 369 spots since 2020 (#2,659 → #3,028)
- 859 spots since 2015 (#2,169 → #3,028)
- Biggest jump: 202 spots in 1914 (#961 → #759)
- Biggest drop: 269 spots in 1912 (#811 → #1,080)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1934 at #50 (4,149 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1931–1948
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1913–1994
- Highest: 1 in 252 girls born in 1934 were named Joann (0.40%)
- Latest: 1 in 29,764 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 25.5% of all girls named Joann (40,015) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 22 | #1,213 (1891) | #1,382 |
| 1900s | 102 | #1,004 (1908) | #1,278 |
| 1910s | 593 | #671 (1918) | #833 |
| 1920s | 5,572 | #144 (1929) | #357 |
| 1930s | 34,698 | #50 (1934) | #70 |
| 1940s | 40,015 | #58 (1942) | #76 |
| 1950s | 32,677 | #98 (1950) | #123 |
| 1960s | 24,875 | #131 (1960) | #159 |
| 1970s | 9,824 | #205 (1970) | #275 |
| 1980s | 4,277 | #385 (1980) | #504 |
| 1990s | 2,057 | #683 (1990) | #979 |
| 2000s | 1,112 | #1,344 (2000) | #1,788 |
| 2010s | 711 | #2,169 (2015) | #2,534 |
| 2020s | 357 | #2,364 (2022) | #2,858 |
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.
Joann in 1934
Top girls' names in 1934
Top boys' names in 1934
More about 1934
girls
1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 252 of them was named Joann, which outranked 99.0% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 49,171 of them was named Joann, which outranked 64.4% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,461Virgel22
- #1,461Waylon22
- #1,461Woodie22
- #1,498Joann21
- #1,498Ace21
- #1,498Adolf21
- #1,498Algie21
- #1,551Alfonse20
- #1,551Almon20
- #1,551Amador20
Tied with 52 names at #1,498; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.