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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #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 1972

girls
#207
1,347 births · 1 in 1,129 girls
boys
#4,441
6 births · 1 in 270,268 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #207Joanne1,347

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #4,441Joanne6
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,129 of them was named Joanne, which outranked 97.9% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joanne
  1. #204Betty1,364
  2. #205Tammie1,361
  3. #206Joyce1,348
  4. #207Joanne1,347
  5. #208Peggy1,344
  6. #209Shirley1,334
  7. #210Ginger1,317
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 270,268 of them was named Joanne, which outranked 22.8% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joanne
  1. #3,963Zephaniah7
  2. #3,963Zerick7
  3. #3,963Zoran7
  4. #4,441Joanne6
  5. #4,441Abelino6
  6. #4,441Abimael6
  7. #4,441Abrahm6
  8. #4,986Aaric5
  9. #4,986Aasim5
  10. #4,986Abiel5

Tied with 544 names at #4,441; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972