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

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Peak · girls
1984 · 3,332 births
Debut · girls
26 births
In top 100 · girls
2 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
111,761
since 1880

Joanna over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #88, 1984girls
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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#306997
2024#329945
2023#339918
2022#3211,002
2021#2901,101
2020#2561,176
2019#2541,281
2018#2131,454
2017#2341,352
2016#2471,274
2015#3051,065
2014#3241,022#12,1085
2013#342945
2012#323974
2011#323976
2010#3051,066
2009#3011,106#12,4915
2008#2831,194
2007#2521,392
2006#2561,289
2005#2841,167
2004#2511,280#8,1438
2003#2511,303#9,5816
2002#2391,335
2001#2061,555#10,5565
2000#2381,349
1999#2371,327#7,8747
1998#2401,281
1997#2081,409
1996#2091,405
1995#1851,597#6,4078
1994#1831,624#6,9687
1993#1771,638#5,00211
1992#1671,825#4,11414
1991#1521,951#4,76011
1990#1382,230#4,67311
1989#1422,116#3,44616
1988#1312,206#3,35015
1987#1332,056#2,64120
1986#1262,227#2,60120
1985#992,772#2,29323
1984#883,332#2,36421
1983#1392,120#4,9077
1982#1611,834#3,10814
1981#1541,828#3,85810
1980#1631,725#4,4958
1979#1931,388#3,81010
1978#1901,349#4,5547
1977#1731,565
1976#1521,718#4,4187
1975#1581,699#4,7976
1974#1551,772#4,1907
1973#1661,664
1972#1981,423
1971#2221,372
1970#2361,331#4,7245
1969#2441,217#4,4045
1968#2611,036
1967#292859#3,2317
1966#284890
1965#293910
1964#315877
1963#313888
1962#324834
1961#321865
1960#329820
1959#348755
1958#358665
1957#375582
1956#413482
1955#414455
1954#400471
1953#430411
1952#423407
1951#388445
1950#362478
1949#366463
1948#342515
1947#356509
1946#332498
1945#333426
1944#317453
1943#307514
1942#308502
1941#321417
1940#314412
1939#313390
1938#304427
1937#297438
1936#324361
1935#293424
1934#281480
1933#327367
1932#345337
1931#350331
1930#351359
1929#401273
1928#397285
1927#449239
1926#406281
1925#452236
1924#483208
1923#491199
1922#513185
1921#566160
1920#553167
1919#532165
1918#510180
1917#507170
1916#499168
1915#513147
1914#64281
1913#52594
1912#56373
1911#54859
1910#59349
1909#55248
1908#49354
1907#66632
1906#55540
1905#53641
1904#54537
1903#47845
1902#64826
1901#54731
1900#56737
1899#46140
1898#47542
1897#41450
1896#47837
1895#54729
1894#41844
1893#43936
1892#40942
1891#41336
1890#44633
1889#47527
1888#40337
1887#37832
1886#36035
1885#32140
1884#40924
1883#30633
1882#47515
1881#36021
1880#30926
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
104 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1984 at #88 (3,332 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1984–1985
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 505
  • Highest: 1 in 505 girls born in 1984 were named Joanna (0.20%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,612 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 19.9% of all girls named Joanna (22,216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s290#306 (1883)#380
1890s389#409 (1892)#450
1900s391#478 (1903)#559
1910s1,186#499 (1916)#543
1920s2,233#397 (1928)#471
1930s3,914#281 (1934)#319
1940s4,709#307 (1943)#330
1950s5,151#348 (1959)#391
1960s9,196#244 (1969)#298
1970s15,281#152 (1976)#184
1980s22,216#88 (1984)#134
1990s16,287#138 (1990)#190
2000s12,970#206 (2001)#256
2010s11,409#213 (2018)#287
2020s6,139#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 1993

girls
#177
1,638 births · 1 in 1,104 girls
boys
#5,002
11 births · 1 in 178,303 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #177Joanna1,638

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #5,002Joanna11
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 1,104 of them was named Joanna, which outranked 98.9% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joanna
  1. #174Gina1,715
  2. #175Bria1,698
  3. #176Cindy1,642
  4. #177Joanna1,638
  5. #178Angel1,633
  6. #179Bridget1,629
  7. #180Summer1,617
Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 12,442Coraima#13,317#875
  2. 5,624Kadijah#6,314#690
  3. 3,307Kalene#4,236#929
  4. 1,413Deyanira#2,351#938
  5. 979Halle#1,713#734
Fallers
  1. 1,120Latifah#802#1,922
  2. 747Shanae#662#1,409
  3. 520Jaleesa#792#1,312
  4. 487Brianda#777#1,264
  5. 417Chynna#941#1,358

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

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 178,303 of them was named Joanna, which outranked 50.8% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joanna
  1. #4,697Zahir12
  2. #4,697Zebedee12
  3. #4,697Zen12
  4. #5,002Joanna11
  5. #5,002Abed11
  6. #5,002Acie11
  7. #5,002Adekunle11
  8. #5,360Aaric10
  9. #5,360Aasin10
  10. #5,360Abdel10

Tied with 357 names at #5,002; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 5,880Savon#6,670#790
  2. 2,006Jordy#2,834#828
  3. 662Austyn#1,598#936
  4. 471Devaughn#1,395#924
  5. 454Mikal#1,294#840
Fallers
  1. 329Channing#887#1,216
  2. 307Garth#658#965
  3. 252Earnest#911#1,163
  4. 241Armand#987#1,228
  5. 240Spenser#831#1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993