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
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 4,565 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 31 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 211,970since 1888
Joanne 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 | #2,607 | 66 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,585 | 68 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,517 | 70 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,295 | 81 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,510 | 70 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,416 | 72 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,961 | 99 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,113 | 90 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,863 | 109 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,068 | 95 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,012 | 98 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,794 | 114 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,032 | 95 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,929 | 102 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,073 | 93 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,942 | 103 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,901 | 110 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,717 | 129 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,537 | 149 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,546 | 141 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,437 | 148 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,213 | 184 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,203 | 177 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,179 | 174 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,122 | 188 | — | |
| 2000 | #943 | 226 | — | |
| 1999 | #979 | 211 | — | |
| 1998 | #892 | 236 | — | |
| 1997 | #834 | 248 | — | |
| 1996 | #786 | 264 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #743 | 274 | — | |
| 1994 | #729 | 286 | — | |
| 1993 | #658 | 338 | — | |
| 1992 | #671 | 328 | — | |
| 1991 | #581 | 397 | — | |
| 1990 | #562 | 418 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #508 | 461 | — | |
| 1988 | #510 | 431 | — | |
| 1987 | #467 | 466 | — | |
| 1986 | #468 | 459 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #420 | 525 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #415 | 511 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #389 | 565 | — | |
| 1982 | #368 | 632 | — | |
| 1981 | #344 | 678 | — | |
| 1980 | #344 | 702 | — | |
| 1979 | #316 | 757 | — | |
| 1978 | #314 | 732 | — | |
| 1977 | #271 | 917 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #249 | 945 | — | |
| 1975 | #217 | 1,137 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #202 | 1,254 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #197 | 1,299 | — | |
| 1972 | #207 | 1,347 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #188 | 1,655 | — | |
| 1970 | #170 | 1,954 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #156 | 2,080 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #153 | 2,133 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #147 | 2,340 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #132 | 2,727 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #121 | 3,148 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #115 | 3,575 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #114 | 3,858 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #114 | 4,011 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #102 | 4,616 | — | |
| 1960 | #99 | 4,875 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #92 | 5,347 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #80 | 5,928 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #94 | 5,110 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #99 | 4,671 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #88 | 4,987 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #78 | 5,435 | — | |
| 1953 | #71 | 5,890 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #78 | 5,351 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #73 | 5,358 | — | |
| 1950 | #67 | 5,491 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #61 | 5,746 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #65 | 5,499 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #56 | 6,062 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #57 | 5,506 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #53 | 4,618 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #55 | 4,529 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #49 | 5,270 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #48 | 5,342 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #54 | 4,665 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #54 | 4,418 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #53 | 4,225 | #1,532 | 19 |
| 1938 | #57 | 4,250 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #51 | 4,333 | #1,444 | 22 |
| 1936 | #48 | 4,305 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #44 | 4,565 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #45 | 4,543 | #1,608 | 19 |
| 1933 | #56 | 3,719 | #1,829 | 15 |
| 1932 | #62 | 3,730 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #68 | 3,757 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #81 | 3,154 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #101 | 2,497 | — | |
| 1928 | #142 | 1,649 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #181 | 1,159 | — | |
| 1926 | #205 | 944 | — | |
| 1925 | #262 | 636 | — | |
| 1924 | #306 | 475 | — | |
| 1923 | #359 | 342 | — | |
| 1922 | #422 | 248 | — | |
| 1921 | #452 | 233 | — | |
| 1920 | #470 | 208 | — | |
| 1919 | #581 | 144 | — | |
| 1918 | #537 | 171 | — | |
| 1917 | #637 | 114 | — | |
| 1916 | #623 | 118 | — | |
| 1915 | #724 | 84 | — | |
| 1914 | #777 | 55 | — | |
| 1913 | #721 | 52 | — | |
| 1912 | #846 | 35 | — | |
| 1911 | #875 | 24 | — | |
| 1910 | #812 | 28 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 | — | |
| 1908 | #912 | 19 | — | |
| 1907 | #871 | 19 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,011 | 14 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Joanne
- 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)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1935 at #44 (4,565 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1930–1960
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1910–2000
- Highest: 1 in 230 girls born in 1935 were named Joanne (0.44%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,353 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 25.3% of all girls named Joanne (53,568) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 11 | #1,277 (1893) | #1,435 |
| 1900s | 93 | #871 (1907) | #1,100 |
| 1910s | 825 | #537 (1918) | #713 |
| 1920s | 8,391 | #101 (1929) | #290 |
| 1930s | 40,581 | #44 (1935) | #57 |
| 1940s | 51,655 | #48 (1942) | #55 |
| 1950s | 53,568 | #67 (1950) | #82 |
| 1960s | 33,363 | #99 (1960) | #125 |
| 1970s | 11,997 | #170 (1970) | #233 |
| 1980s | 5,430 | #344 (1980) | #423 |
| 1990s | 3,000 | #562 (1990) | #744 |
| 2000s | 1,626 | #943 (2000) | #1,380 |
| 2010s | 998 | #1,794 (2014) | #1,979 |
| 2020s | 427 | #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 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 253 of them was named Joanne, which outranked 99.1% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 65,770 of them was named Joanne, which outranked 62.0% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,496Wanda22
- #1,496Waymond22
- #1,496Wynn22
- #1,537Joanne21
- #1,537Arnie21
- #1,537Bedford21
- #1,537Berlin21
- #1,585Aldo20
- #1,585Alma20
- #1,585Arlon20
Tied with 47 names at #1,537; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.