Joanna
#306 for girls in 2025, 997 births · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #12,108
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 3,332 births
- Debut · girls
- 26 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 111,761since 1880
Joanna 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 | #306 | 997 | — | |
| 2024 | #329 | 945 | — | |
| 2023 | #339 | 918 | — | |
| 2022 | #321 | 1,002 | — | |
| 2021 | #290 | 1,101 | — | |
| 2020 | #256 | 1,176 | — | |
| 2019 | #254 | 1,281 | — | |
| 2018 | #213 | 1,454 | — | |
| 2017 | #234 | 1,352 | — | |
| 2016 | #247 | 1,274 | — | |
| 2015 | #305 | 1,065 | — | |
| 2014 | #324 | 1,022 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #342 | 945 | — | |
| 2012 | #323 | 974 | — | |
| 2011 | #323 | 976 | — | |
| 2010 | #305 | 1,066 | — | |
| 2009 | #301 | 1,106 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #283 | 1,194 | — | |
| 2007 | #252 | 1,392 | — | |
| 2006 | #256 | 1,289 | — | |
| 2005 | #284 | 1,167 | — | |
| 2004 | #251 | 1,280 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #251 | 1,303 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #239 | 1,335 | — | |
| 2001 | #206 | 1,555 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #238 | 1,349 | — | |
| 1999 | #237 | 1,327 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #240 | 1,281 | — | |
| 1997 | #208 | 1,409 | — | |
| 1996 | #209 | 1,405 | — | |
| 1995 | #185 | 1,597 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #183 | 1,624 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #177 | 1,638 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #167 | 1,825 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #152 | 1,951 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #138 | 2,230 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #142 | 2,116 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #131 | 2,206 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #133 | 2,056 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #126 | 2,227 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #99 | 2,772 | #2,293 | 23 |
| 1984 | #88 | 3,332 | #2,364 | 21 |
| 1983 | #139 | 2,120 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #161 | 1,834 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #154 | 1,828 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #163 | 1,725 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #193 | 1,388 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #190 | 1,349 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #173 | 1,565 | — | |
| 1976 | #152 | 1,718 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #158 | 1,699 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #155 | 1,772 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #166 | 1,664 | — | |
| 1972 | #198 | 1,423 | — | |
| 1971 | #222 | 1,372 | — | |
| 1970 | #236 | 1,331 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #244 | 1,217 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #261 | 1,036 | — | |
| 1967 | #292 | 859 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #284 | 890 | — | |
| 1965 | #293 | 910 | — | |
| 1964 | #315 | 877 | — | |
| 1963 | #313 | 888 | — | |
| 1962 | #324 | 834 | — | |
| 1961 | #321 | 865 | — | |
| 1960 | #329 | 820 | — | |
| 1959 | #348 | 755 | — | |
| 1958 | #358 | 665 | — | |
| 1957 | #375 | 582 | — | |
| 1956 | #413 | 482 | — | |
| 1955 | #414 | 455 | — | |
| 1954 | #400 | 471 | — | |
| 1953 | #430 | 411 | — | |
| 1952 | #423 | 407 | — | |
| 1951 | #388 | 445 | — | |
| 1950 | #362 | 478 | — | |
| 1949 | #366 | 463 | — | |
| 1948 | #342 | 515 | — | |
| 1947 | #356 | 509 | — | |
| 1946 | #332 | 498 | — | |
| 1945 | #333 | 426 | — | |
| 1944 | #317 | 453 | — | |
| 1943 | #307 | 514 | — | |
| 1942 | #308 | 502 | — | |
| 1941 | #321 | 417 | — | |
| 1940 | #314 | 412 | — | |
| 1939 | #313 | 390 | — | |
| 1938 | #304 | 427 | — | |
| 1937 | #297 | 438 | — | |
| 1936 | #324 | 361 | — | |
| 1935 | #293 | 424 | — | |
| 1934 | #281 | 480 | — | |
| 1933 | #327 | 367 | — | |
| 1932 | #345 | 337 | — | |
| 1931 | #350 | 331 | — | |
| 1930 | #351 | 359 | — | |
| 1929 | #401 | 273 | — | |
| 1928 | #397 | 285 | — | |
| 1927 | #449 | 239 | — | |
| 1926 | #406 | 281 | — | |
| 1925 | #452 | 236 | — | |
| 1924 | #483 | 208 | — | |
| 1923 | #491 | 199 | — | |
| 1922 | #513 | 185 | — | |
| 1921 | #566 | 160 | — | |
| 1920 | #553 | 167 | — | |
| 1919 | #532 | 165 | — | |
| 1918 | #510 | 180 | — | |
| 1917 | #507 | 170 | — | |
| 1916 | #499 | 168 | — | |
| 1915 | #513 | 147 | — | |
| 1914 | #642 | 81 | — | |
| 1913 | #525 | 94 | — | |
| 1912 | #563 | 73 | — | |
| 1911 | #548 | 59 | — | |
| 1910 | #593 | 49 | — | |
| 1909 | #552 | 48 | — | |
| 1908 | #493 | 54 | — | |
| 1907 | #666 | 32 | — | |
| 1906 | #555 | 40 | — | |
| 1905 | #536 | 41 | — | |
| 1904 | #545 | 37 | — | |
| 1903 | #478 | 45 | — | |
| 1902 | #648 | 26 | — | |
| 1901 | #547 | 31 | — | |
| 1900 | #567 | 37 | — | |
| 1899 | #461 | 40 | — | |
| 1898 | #475 | 42 | — | |
| 1897 | #414 | 50 | — | |
| 1896 | #478 | 37 | — | |
| 1895 | #547 | 29 | — | |
| 1894 | #418 | 44 | — | |
| 1893 | #439 | 36 | — | |
| 1892 | #409 | 42 | — | |
| 1891 | #413 | 36 | — | |
| 1890 | #446 | 33 | — | |
| 1889 | #475 | 27 | — | |
| 1888 | #403 | 37 | — | |
| 1887 | #378 | 32 | — | |
| 1886 | #360 | 35 | — | |
| 1885 | #321 | 40 | — | |
| 1884 | #409 | 24 | — | |
| 1883 | #306 | 33 | — | |
| 1882 | #475 | 15 | — | |
| 1881 | #360 | 21 | — | |
| 1880 | #309 | 26 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Joanna was already there! It came in at #309, and was given to 26 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 22 girls a year got the name.
See more about Joanna
- 23 spots since 2024 (#329 → #306)
- 50 spots since 2020 (#256 → #306)
- 1 spot since 2015 (#305 → #306)
- Biggest jump: 173 spots in 1908 (#666 → #493)
- Biggest drop: 129 spots in 1895 (#418 → #547)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1984 at #88 (3,332 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1984–1985
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 505 girls born in 1984 were named Joanna (0.20%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,612 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 19.9% of all girls named Joanna (22,216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 290 | #306 (1883) | #380 |
| 1890s | 389 | #409 (1892) | #450 |
| 1900s | 391 | #478 (1903) | #559 |
| 1910s | 1,186 | #499 (1916) | #543 |
| 1920s | 2,233 | #397 (1928) | #471 |
| 1930s | 3,914 | #281 (1934) | #319 |
| 1940s | 4,709 | #307 (1943) | #330 |
| 1950s | 5,151 | #348 (1959) | #391 |
| 1960s | 9,196 | #244 (1969) | #298 |
| 1970s | 15,281 | #152 (1976) | #184 |
| 1980s | 22,216 | #88 (1984) | #134 |
| 1990s | 16,287 | #138 (1990) | #190 |
| 2000s | 12,970 | #206 (2001) | #256 |
| 2010s | 11,409 | #213 (2018) | #287 |
| 2020s | 6,139 | #256 (2020) | #307 |
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.
Joanna in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 871 of them was named Joanna, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 125,058 of them was named Joanna, which outranked 62.7% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,325Yale17
- #3,325Zeb17
- #3,325Zephaniah17
- #3,446Joanna16
- #3,446Aakash16
- #3,446Aamir16
- #3,446Aden16
- #3,618Abelino15
- #3,618Able15
- #3,618Alaa15
Tied with 171 names at #3,446; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.