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

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Peak · girls
1934 · 4,149 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
19 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
156,892
since 1891

Joann over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #50, 1934girls
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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#3,02854
2024#3,04753
2023#3,09153#12,2395
2022#2,36478
2021#2,95856
2020#2,65963#12,0225
2019#2,72962#10,8036
2018#2,40475
2017#2,40175
2016#2,53970
2015#2,16987
2014#2,51771
2013#2,59768
2012#3,00656#10,7706
2011#2,48373
2010#2,49374
2009#2,07698
2008#2,25387#11,0376
2007#2,003102
2006#2,05096#10,6626
2005#1,93399#11,4725
2004#1,667116#7,5369
2003#1,542125#7,8318
2002#1,584117#10,6675
2001#1,427132
2000#1,344140#9,1126
1999#1,341132
1998#1,150164#7,5607
1997#1,091172#7,2817
1996#1,087170
1995#1,007184
1994#941197
1993#881219
1992#865228
1991#745279
1990#683312
1989#658310
1988#602331
1987#563355
1986#552369
1985#507399
1984#464451#4,5528
1983#457448#6,2385
1982#430509#5,6196
1981#426506
1980#385599
1979#357635
1978#364586#5,7725
1977#324726
1976#287801
1975#258938#4,3097
1974#2421,058
1973#2441,040
1972#2471,101#4,4416
1971#2201,380#3,6588
1970#2051,559#2,89111
1969#1961,634#3,3148
1968#1901,676#2,10915
1967#1781,794
1966#1642,117#2,46511
1965#1582,395#2,47611
1964#1482,736#4,0395
1963#1512,652#2,30013
1962#1373,112#3,6406
1961#1373,350#2,70610
1960#1313,409#2,12115
1959#1303,459#3,2907
1958#1223,700#2,8189
1957#1373,057#3,5526
1956#1393,003#2,9698
1955#1362,936
1954#1293,063#3,1767
1953#1213,171#3,7985
1952#1163,266#3,7345
1951#1043,422#3,3646
1950#983,600#2,7708
1949#1013,523#3,0197
1948#943,799#2,6089
1947#894,276#3,0967
1946#903,945#1,94914
1945#803,465#2,00912
1944#653,973#1,63018
1943#604,464#2,18212
1942#584,506#2,14512
1941#584,275#1,82115
1940#633,789#1,47121
1939#573,994#1,63617
1938#683,710#1,97613
1937#583,936#1,82815
1936#553,886#2,06212
1935#533,913#1,92914
1934#504,149#1,49821
1933#723,209#2,21411
1932#793,115#1,99514
1931#902,655#2,32811
1930#1182,131#3,5926
1929#1441,550#3,5596
1928#2011,001
1927#226784
1926#267622#4,2015
1925#305470
1924#342386
1923#417257
1922#479206
1921#585153
1920#599143
1919#72493
1918#671113
1917#74090
1916#80272
1915#81165
1914#75958
1913#96131
1912#1,08023
1911#81128
1910#97020
1909#1,05215
1908#1,00416
1907#1,3849
1906#1,04313
1905#1,9315
1904#1,3648
1903#1,13710
1902#1,07511
1901#1,4666
1900#1,3199
1899#1,3946
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894#1,4855
1893#1,4375
1892
1891#1,2136
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1891

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.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1934 at #50 (4,149 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 33 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1931–1948
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1913–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 252
  • Highest: 1 in 252 girls born in 1934 were named Joann (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,764 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 25.5% of all girls named Joann (40,015) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s22#1,213 (1891)#1,382
1900s102#1,004 (1908)#1,278
1910s593#671 (1918)#833
1920s5,572#144 (1929)#357
1930s34,698#50 (1934)#70
1940s40,015#58 (1942)#76
1950s32,677#98 (1950)#123
1960s24,875#131 (1960)#159
1970s9,824#205 (1970)#275
1980s4,277#385 (1980)#504
1990s2,057#683 (1990)#979
2000s1,112#1,344 (2000)#1,788
2010s711#2,169 (2015)#2,534
2020s357#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 1937

girls
#58
3,936 births · 1 in 270 girls
boys
#1,828
15 births · 1 in 71,111 boys

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #58Joann3,936

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #1,828Joann15
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 270 of them was named Joann, which outranked 98.8% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joann
  1. #55Wanda4,202
  2. #56Carole4,198
  3. #57Marjorie4,091
  4. #58Joann3,936
  5. #59Sally3,925
  6. #60Arlene3,805
  7. #61Kathleen3,743
Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 3,217Noreta#4,181#964
  2. 2,845Noretta#3,701#856
  3. 2,351Leilani#3,103#752
  4. 1,407Deann#2,263#856
  5. 1,209Norita#1,741#532
Fallers
  1. 438Dorla#951#1,389
  2. 331Vilma#951#1,282
  3. 303Imelda#979#1,282
  4. 297Lulu#695#992
  5. 292Lyda#840#1,132

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

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 71,111 of them was named Joann, which outranked 54.5% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joann
  1. #1,756Waldemar16
  2. #1,756Wanda16
  3. #1,756Waymond16
  4. #1,828Joann15
  5. #1,828Belton15
  6. #1,828Benigno15
  7. #1,828Bernardino15
  8. #1,913Alf14
  9. #1,913Anne14
  10. #1,913Anson14

Tied with 84 names at #1,828; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 1,923Tyrone#2,629#706
  2. 558Lamont#1,540#982
  3. 540Lary#1,540#1,000
  4. 416Errol#906#490
  5. 399Levon#1,356#957
Fallers
  1. 492Gaston#989#1,481
  2. 461Gorden#827#1,288
  3. 432Sergio#940#1,372
  4. 371Landon#422#793
  5. 347Harlen#747#1,094

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

See the top 100 for 1937