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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #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
1906
1905#1,01114
1904#1,3648
1903#1,2049
1902#1,3208
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895#1,5925
1894
1893#1,2776
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888#1,2765
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
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.

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 1955

girls
#88
4,987 births · 1 in 392 girls
boys
#2,302
12 births · 1 in 171,657 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #88Joanne4,987

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #2,302Joanne12
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 392 of them was named Joanne, which outranked 98.7% of the 6,732 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. #85Terri5,153
  2. #86Suzanne5,137
  3. #87Alice5,079
  4. #88Joanne4,987
  5. #89Lori4,976
  6. #90Wendy4,955
  7. #91Laurie4,954
Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 793Athena#1,505#712
  2. 675Desiree#984#309
  3. 661Roni#1,197#536
  4. 630Gisele#1,444#814
  5. 593Carmel#1,422#829
Fallers
  1. 514Valinda#806#1,320
  2. 378Elouise#969#1,347
  3. 287Veda#831#1,118
  4. 275Drema#978#1,253
  5. 264Brooke#965#1,229

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

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 171,657 of them was named Joanne, which outranked 47.7% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joanne
  1. #2,219Vernal13
  2. #2,219Wheeler13
  3. #2,219Winslow13
  4. #2,302Joanne12
  5. #2,302Adlai12
  6. #2,302Andrei12
  7. #2,302Andris12
  8. #2,435Adonis11
  9. #2,435Albino11
  10. #2,435Alexandro11

Tied with 132 names at #2,302; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 808Davy#1,333#525
  2. 326Wyatt#985#659
  3. 323Moises#1,311#988
  4. 296Tad#1,068#772
  5. 286Rhett#1,122#836
Fallers
  1. 738Rahn#908#1,646
  2. 415Ricci#739#1,154
  3. 321Meredith#952#1,273
  4. 309Michial#985#1,294
  5. 282Arvin#973#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955