Joanne

#2,607 for girls in 2025, 66 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1935 · 4,565 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
211,970
since 1888

Joanne over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #44, 1935girls
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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#2,60766—
2024#2,58568—
2023#2,51770—
2022#2,29581—
2021#2,51070—
2020#2,41672—
2019#1,96199—
2018#2,11390—
2017#1,863109—
2016#2,06895—
2015#2,01298—
2014#1,794114—
2013#2,03295—
2012#1,929102—
2011#2,07393—
2010#1,942103—
2009#1,901110—
2008#1,717129—
2007#1,537149—
2006#1,546141—
2005#1,437148—
2004#1,213184—
2003#1,203177—
2002#1,179174—
2001#1,122188—
2000#943226—
1999#979211—
1998#892236—
1997#834248—
1996#786264#9,0155
1995#743274—
1994#729286—
1993#658338—
1992#671328—
1991#581397—
1990#562418#8,1175
1989#508461—
1988#510431—
1987#467466—
1986#468459#5,3327
1985#420525#5,1477
1984#415511#4,5528
1983#389565—
1982#368632—
1981#344678—
1980#344702—
1979#316757—
1978#314732—
1977#271917#5,8455
1976#249945—
1975#2171,137#4,7976
1974#2021,254#4,1907
1973#1971,299—
1972#2071,347#4,4416
1971#1881,655—
1970#1701,954#3,07110
1969#1562,080#3,0629
1968#1532,133#2,57611
1967#1472,340#2,7609
1966#1322,727#2,7849
1965#1213,148#2,47611
1964#1153,575#3,2827
1963#1143,858#3,6466
1962#1144,011#2,36412
1961#1024,616—
1960#994,875#2,8719
1959#925,347#2,66310
1958#805,928#2,64210
1957#945,110#2,27413
1956#994,671#3,2167
1955#884,987#2,30212
1954#785,435—
1953#715,890#3,7985
1952#785,351#2,8758
1951#735,358—
1950#675,491#3,3296
1949#615,746#2,6069
1948#655,499#2,21812
1947#566,062#2,35611
1946#575,506#3,5255
1945#534,618#1,69716
1944#554,529#2,19511
1943#495,270#2,27711
1942#485,342#1,53721
1941#544,665#2,6568
1940#544,418#1,68017
1939#534,225#1,53219
1938#574,250#2,08412
1937#514,333#1,44422
1936#484,305#1,63917
1935#444,565#1,65618
1934#454,543#1,60819
1933#563,719#1,82915
1932#623,730#2,19112
1931#683,757#2,32811
1930#813,154#2,60910
1929#1012,497—
1928#1421,649#3,0768
1927#1811,159—
1926#205944—
1925#262636—
1924#306475—
1923#359342—
1922#422248—
1921#452233—
1920#470208—
1919#581144—
1918#537171—
1917#637114—
1916#623118—
1915#72484—
1914#77755—
1913#72152—
1912#84635—
1911#87524—
1910#81228—
1909#1,01516—
1908#91219—
1907#87119—
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1905#1,01114—
1904#1,3648—
1903#1,2049—
1902#1,3208—
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1895#1,5925—
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1893#1,2776—
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Joanne! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Joanne is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Joanne, so not publishedAKMaine: #49 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 165 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Joanne, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #78 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 286 girlsNHWashington: #26 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 110 girlsWAIdaho: #71 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 265 girlsIDMontana: #46 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 187 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #78 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 281 girlsNDMinnesota: #34 for girls · 146 births · 1 in 134 girlsMNIllinois: #46 for girls · 288 births · 1 in 199 girlsILWisconsin: #57 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 237 girlsWIMichigan: #38 for girls · 271 births · 1 in 155 girlsMINew York: #97 for girls · 224 births · 1 in 428 girlsNYMassachusetts: #66 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 269 girlsMARhode Island: #131 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 688 girlsRIOregon: #32 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 122 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Joanne, so not publishedNVWyoming: #78 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 252 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #67 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 257 girlsSDIowa: #45 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 206 girlsIAIndiana: #72 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 326 girlsINOhio: #33 for girls · 366 births · 1 in 142 girlsOHPennsylvania: #62 for girls · 325 births · 1 in 252 girlsPANew Jersey: #119 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 654 girlsNJConnecticut: #94 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 436 girlsCTCalifornia: #39 for girls · 202 births · 1 in 184 girlsCAUtah: #36 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 171 girlsUTColorado: #70 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 268 girlsCONebraska: #62 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 273 girlsNEMissouri: #114 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 499 girlsMOKentucky: #193 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 910 girlsKYWest Virginia: #132 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 540 girlsWVVirginia: #232 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,717 girlsVAMaryland: #109 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 545 girlsMDDelaware: #51 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 191 girlsDEArizona: #121 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 438 girlsAZNew Mexico: #175 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 652 girlsNMKansas: #68 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 315 girlsKSArkansas: #328 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,106 girlsARTennessee: #196 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,119 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #210 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,267 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #336 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,834 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #56 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 191 girlsDCOklahoma: #174 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 792 girlsOKLouisiana: #238 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,176 girlsLAMississippi: #386 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,155 girlsMSAlabama: #236 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,497 girlsALGeorgia: #199 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,123 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Joanne, so not publishedHITexas: #221 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 1,026 girlsTXFlorida: #119 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 465 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#26 · 1 in 110
  2. Oregon#32 · 1 in 122
  3. Ohio#33 · 1 in 142
  4. Minnesota#34 · 1 in 134
  5. Utah#36 · 1 in 171

Best ever in a state: #12 in Oregon, 1934.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#26861 in 110
Oregon#32431 in 122
Ohio#333661 in 142
Minnesota#341461 in 134
Utah#36281 in 171
Michigan#382711 in 155
California#392021 in 184
Iowa#45911 in 206
Illinois#462881 in 199
Montana#46201 in 187
Maine#49391 in 165
Delaware#5181 in 191
District of Columbia#56181 in 191
Wisconsin#571021 in 237
Nebraska#62401 in 273
Pennsylvania#623251 in 252
Massachusetts#661181 in 269
South Dakota#67221 in 257
Kansas#68451 in 315
Colorado#70311 in 268
Idaho#71131 in 265
Indiana#72771 in 326
New Hampshire#78111 in 286
North Dakota#78211 in 281
Wyoming#7861 in 252
Connecticut#94261 in 436
New York#972241 in 428
Maryland#109231 in 545
Missouri#114561 in 499
Florida#119261 in 465
New Jersey#119451 in 654
Arizona#121101 in 438
Rhode Island#13171 in 688
West Virginia#132341 in 540
Oklahoma#174301 in 792
New Mexico#17571 in 652
Kentucky#193301 in 910
Tennessee#196241 in 1,119
Georgia#199271 in 1,123
North Carolina#210281 in 1,267
Texas#221581 in 1,026
Virginia#232141 in 1,717
Alabama#236201 in 1,497
Louisiana#238181 in 1,176
Arkansas#32891 in 2,106
South Carolina#33671 in 2,834
Mississippi#38671 in 3,155
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Joanne
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 22 spots since 2024 (#2,585 → #2,607)
  • 191 spots since 2020 (#2,416 → #2,607)
  • 595 spots since 2015 (#2,012 → #2,607)
  • Biggest jump: 203 spots in 1910 (#1,015 → #812)
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 2001 (#943 → #1,122)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1935 at #44 (4,565 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 33 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1930–1960
  • Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1910–2000
Share of babies · girls
1 in 230
  • Highest: 1 in 230 girls born in 1935 were named Joanne (0.44%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,353 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 25.3% of all girls named Joanne (53,568) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,276 (1888)#1,276
1890s11#1,277 (1893)#1,435
1900s93#871 (1907)#1,100
1910s825#537 (1918)#713
1920s8,391#101 (1929)#290
1930s40,581#44 (1935)#57
1940s51,655#48 (1942)#55
1950s53,568#67 (1950)#82
1960s33,363#99 (1960)#125
1970s11,997#170 (1970)#233
1980s5,430#344 (1980)#423
1990s3,000#562 (1990)#744
2000s1,626#943 (2000)#1,380
2010s998#1,794 (2014)#1,979
2020s427#2,295 (2022)#2,488

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.

Joanne in 1930

girls
#81
3,154 births · 1 in 357 girls
boys
#2,609
10 births · 1 in 109,738 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #81Joanne3,154

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #2,609Joanne10
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 357 of them was named Joanne, which outranked 98.5% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joanne
  1. #78Bonnie3,265
  2. #79Billie3,241
  3. #80Marian3,213
  4. #81Joanne3,154
  5. #82Rosemary3,151
  6. #83Anne3,091
  7. #84Kathleen3,074
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 701Claudette#1,642 → #941
  2. ↑ 583Ardeth#1,212 → #629
  3. ↑ 445Julianne#1,339 → #894
  4. ↑ 376Sonja#1,223 → #847
  5. ↑ 374Armida#1,174 → #800
Fallers
  1. ↓ 348Ingrid#941 → #1,289
  2. ↓ 315Coralie#895 → #1,210
  3. ↓ 229Elenor#981 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 229Mammie#981 → #1,210
  5. ↓ 226Sibyl#902 → #1,128

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

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 109,738 of them was named Joanne, which outranked 42.6% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joanne
  1. #2,444Woodroe11
  2. #2,444Worley11
  3. #2,444Ysmael11
  4. #2,609Joanne10
  5. #2,609Adalberto10
  6. #2,609Agnes10
  7. #2,609Aldrich10
  8. #2,781Alonso9
  9. #2,781Alyn9
  10. #2,781Amando9

Tied with 171 names at #2,609; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,094Derl#3,959 → #865
  2. ↑ 420Clive#1,378 → #958
  3. ↑ 380Farris#1,272 → #892
  4. ↑ 368Earlie#1,296 → #928
  5. ↑ 357Winton#1,272 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 486Americo#729 → #1,215
  2. ↓ 433Enrico#995 → #1,428
  3. ↓ 371Eliseo#844 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 312Meyer#878 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 304Hilbert#869 → #1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930 →