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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #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.

See more about Joann
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 1951

girls
#104
3,422 births · 1 in 526 girls
boys
#3,364
6 births · 1 in 313,806 boys

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #104Joann3,422

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #3,364Joann6
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 526 of them was named Joann, which outranked 98.3% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joann
  1. #101Yvonne3,537
  2. #102Lorraine3,484
  3. #103Charlene3,441
  4. #104Joann3,422
  5. #105Irene3,395
  6. #106Sue3,357
  7. #107Norma3,355
Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 345Rhona#1,333#988
  2. 307Bobbi#1,153#846
  3. 296Ricki#1,090#794
  4. 295Mindy#771#476
  5. 288Sharleen#1,053#765
Fallers
  1. 395Sharman#668#1,063
  2. 343Manuela#773#1,116
  3. 294Allie#945#1,239
  4. 253Merrie#937#1,190
  5. 252Olive#891#1,143

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

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 313,806 of them was named Joann, which outranked 20.9% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joann
  1. #3,066Yves7
  2. #3,066Zan7
  3. #3,066Zenas7
  4. #3,364Joann6
  5. #3,364Abie6
  6. #3,364Abundio6
  7. #3,364Acey6
  8. #3,714Abbie5
  9. #3,714Abron5
  10. #3,714Acy5

Tied with 349 names at #3,364; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 428Kimberly#1,139#711
  2. 372Cole#1,364#992
  3. 357Wayland#1,272#915
  4. 354Ricki#1,139#785
  5. 346Lou#1,289#943
Fallers
  1. 944Jory#960#1,904
  2. 502Samual#960#1,462
  3. 426Carlyle#918#1,344
  4. 319Shaun#899#1,218
  5. 318Tex#977#1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951