Joan

#1,085 for girls in 2025, 222 births · #984 for boys in 2025, 232 births
Given to girls 98.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
#5
1932 · 21,044 births
Debut · girls
1880
12 births
In top 100 · girls
41 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
481,238
since 1880

Joan over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #5, 1932girls
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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#1,085222#984232
2024#1,240188#1,013220
2023#1,361165#1,079200
2022#1,412161#1,084201
2021#1,384158#1,112185
2020#1,545137#1,134172
2019#1,585134#1,171165
2018#1,741118#1,101178
2017#1,677128#1,116172
2016#1,841112#1,049188
2015#1,99699#1,124170
2014#2,41275#1,218150
2013#2,48472#1,100168
2012#2,35679#1,258140
2011#2,76363#1,212144
2010#2,84161#1,195150
2009#2,61470#1,059178
2008#2,69068#1,081173
2007#2,71067#912217
2006#2,35380#985188
2005#1,849105#995173
2004#1,97294#1,016161
2003#1,802104#1,103139
2002#1,654111#781221
2001#1,356141#863186
2000#1,217163#911170
1999#1,408125#1,31192
1998#1,355129#1,30191
1997#1,240144#1,116113
1996#1,279135#1,51766
1995#1,100161#2,02641
1994#1,061171#1,92743
1993#902214#1,82446
1992#800252#1,88443
1991#800256#1,98338
1990#761271#1,73046
1989#707280#1,99336
1988#685280#1,81537
1987#664281#1,89633
1986#647284#2,16126
1985#601316#2,29323
1984#565327#2,52919
1983#540347#2,91215
1982#539360#2,20723
1981#499403#2,68017
1980#490422#2,61718
1979#502401#3,01814
1978#471419#2,92914
1977#456433#2,79115
1976#433462#2,94613
1975#378550#3,42810
1974#371577#2,35817
1973#367579#3,01311
1972#322729#2,53414
1971#2801,022#2,27917
1970#2401,308#2,39915
1969#2001,566#2,30814
1968#1821,783#1,42830
1967#1492,305#2,03015
1966#1332,721#1,89117
1965#1163,279#1,80619
1964#994,149#1,43530
1963#954,562#1,54826
1962#944,879#1,71322
1961#895,551#1,82320
1960#805,881#1,52328
1959#766,337#1,38732
1958#686,785#1,76620
1957#607,584#1,41131
1956#528,080#1,56825
1955#468,557#1,33932
1954#409,521#1,40829
1953#379,774#1,40829
1952#3710,278#1,51725
1951#399,403#1,59822
1950#408,860#1,36428
1949#369,206#1,12839
1948#379,275#1,70319
1947#3011,277#1,44926
1946#2811,218#1,29929
1945#2510,394#1,34924
1944#2211,920#87053
1943#2113,232#91753
1942#1814,514#78667
1941#1713,380#71375
1940#1413,292#78263
1939#1114,143#74565
1938#1014,303#72471
1937#915,301#61988
1936#717,072#65380
1935#718,220#61890
1934#719,465#65585
1933#519,294#76264
1932#521,044#64488
1931#519,119#66481
1930#815,478#77768
1929#1311,666#90055
1928#277,854#1,18836
1927#416,032#1,26733
1926#514,995#1,40427
1925#664,030#1,42527
1924#953,023#2,13215
1923#1172,304#1,87418
1922#1272,010#2,04016
1921#1421,790#2,63211
1920#1431,647#2,05216
1919#1741,247#1,97316
1918#1601,384#2,8829
1917#1821,048#2,18813
1916#211823#2,54310
1915#210784#3,0827
1914#217578#2,9156
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1911#254233#1,3877
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First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Joan was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Joan is popular in 1923

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Joan, so not publishedAKMaine: #90 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 318 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Joan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #91 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 309 girlsNHWashington: #117 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 551 girlsWAIdaho: #114 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 426 girlsIDMontana: #85 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 299 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #151 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 729 girlsNDMinnesota: #95 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 375 girlsMNIllinois: #87 for girls · 159 births · 1 in 373 girlsILWisconsin: #84 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 319 girlsWIMichigan: #79 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 310 girlsMINew York: #56 for girls · 428 births · 1 in 233 girlsNYMassachusetts: #83 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 354 girlsMARhode Island: #152 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 815 girlsRIOregon: #89 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 335 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Joan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Joan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #120 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 490 girlsSDIowa: #89 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 339 girlsIAIndiana: #40 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 195 girlsINOhio: #66 for girls · 207 births · 1 in 271 girlsOHPennsylvania: #112 for girls · 169 births · 1 in 569 girlsPANew Jersey: #82 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 326 girlsNJConnecticut: #122 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 604 girlsCTCalifornia: #96 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 416 girlsCAUtah: #111 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 423 girlsUTColorado: #103 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 409 girlsCONebraska: #97 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 384 girlsNEMissouri: #138 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 622 girlsMOKentucky: #260 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,882 girlsKYWest Virginia: #141 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 668 girlsWVVirginia: #266 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,355 girlsVAMaryland: #156 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 966 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Joan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Joan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #188 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 684 girlsNMKansas: #109 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 437 girlsKSArkansas: #198 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,022 girlsARTennessee: #290 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,373 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #282 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,310 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Joan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #85 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 347 girlsDCOklahoma: #89 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 402 girlsOKLouisiana: #359 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,556 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Joan, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Joan, so not publishedALGeorgia: #323 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,870 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Joan, so not publishedHITexas: #270 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,323 girlsTXFlorida: #223 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,184 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Indiana#40 · 1 in 195
  2. New York#56 · 1 in 233
  3. Ohio#66 · 1 in 271
  4. Michigan#79 · 1 in 310
  5. New Jersey#82 · 1 in 326

Best ever in a state: #1 in New Jersey, 1931.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Indiana#401381 in 195
New York#564281 in 233
Ohio#662071 in 271
Michigan#791241 in 310
New Jersey#82971 in 326
Massachusetts#831031 in 354
Wisconsin#84781 in 319
District of Columbia#85101 in 347
Montana#85141 in 299
Illinois#871591 in 373
Iowa#89631 in 339
Oklahoma#89631 in 402
Oregon#89181 in 335
Maine#90211 in 318
New Hampshire#91111 in 309
Minnesota#95611 in 375
California#96821 in 416
Nebraska#97321 in 384
Colorado#103221 in 409
Kansas#109381 in 437
Utah#111121 in 423
Pennsylvania#1121691 in 569
Idaho#11491 in 426
Washington#117181 in 551
South Dakota#120131 in 490
Connecticut#122211 in 604
Missouri#138501 in 622
West Virginia#141311 in 668
North Dakota#15191 in 729
Rhode Island#15271 in 815
Maryland#156151 in 966
New Mexico#18861 in 684
Arkansas#198201 in 1,022
Florida#223101 in 1,184
Kentucky#260161 in 1,882
Virginia#266121 in 2,355
Texas#270441 in 1,323
North Carolina#282171 in 2,310
Tennessee#290121 in 2,373
Georgia#323121 in 2,870
Louisiana#35991 in 2,556
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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 Joan
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 155 spots since 2024 (#1,240 → #1,085)
  • 460 spots since 2020 (#1,545 → #1,085)
  • 911 spots since 2015 (#1,996 → #1,085)
  • Biggest jump: 248 spots in 1892 (#727 → #479)
  • Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1883 (#560 → #817)
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1932 at #5 (21,044 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: 9 yrs · run 1930–1938
  • Top 100: 41 yrs · run 1924–1964
  • Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1880–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 51
  • Highest: 1 in 51 girls born in 1932 were named Joan (2.0%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,240 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 36.0% of all girls named Joan (173,439) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s121#492 (1880)#638
1890s267#479 (1892)#576
1900s863#302 (1909)#369
1910s7,021#160 (1918)#217
1920s45,351#13 (1929)#82
1930s173,439#5 (1932)#7
1940s117,708#14 (1940)#25
1950s85,179#37 (1952)#50
1960s36,676#80 (1960)#124
1970s6,480#240 (1970)#382
1980s3,300#490 (1980)#594
1990s1,858#761 (1990)#1,071
2000s1,003#1,217 (2000)#2,022
2010s941#1,585 (2019)#2,170
2020s1,031#1,085 (2025)#1,338

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.

Joan in 1923

girls
#117
2,304 births · 1 in 524 girls
boys
#1,874
18 births · 1 in 60,895 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #117Joan2,304

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #1,874Joan18
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 524 of them was named Joan, which outranked 98.0% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joan
  1. #114Muriel2,360
  2. #115Marguerite2,357
  3. #116Velma2,337
  4. #117Joan2,304
  5. #118Marilyn2,286
  6. #119Blanche2,266
  7. #120Christine2,257
Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,834Eris#2,291 → #457
  2. ↑ 619Penny#1,508 → #889
  3. ↑ 317Laurene#1,309 → #992
  4. ↑ 310Cruz#1,103 → #793
  5. ↑ 306Dorene#1,207 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 321Veva#962 → #1,283
  2. ↓ 318Arlie#949 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 305Gaynell#978 → #1,283
  4. ↓ 303Trinidad#449 → #752
  5. ↓ 300Laurine#897 → #1,197

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

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 60,895 of them was named Joan, which outranked 61.8% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joan
  1. #1,816Vladimir19
  2. #1,816Woodroe19
  3. #1,816Yoshito19
  4. #1,874Joan18
  5. #1,874Achille18
  6. #1,874Adelard18
  7. #1,874Ancil18
  8. #1,941Abie17
  9. #1,941Alban17
  10. #1,941Alexis17

Tied with 66 names at #1,874; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 403Marcos#1,333 → #930
  2. ↑ 341Armin#1,333 → #992
  3. ↑ 309Betty#1,222 → #913
  4. ↑ 309Godfrey#1,222 → #913
  5. ↑ 308Val#1,181 → #873
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,021Harden#999 → #2,020
  2. ↓ 472Buel#850 → #1,322
  3. ↓ 420Trinidad#485 → #905
  4. ↓ 304Gorden#722 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 288Joy#840 → #1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923 →