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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #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
1913#238411—
1912#250317#2,5445
1911#254233#1,3877
1910#277196—
1909#302142—
1908#353104—
1907#335109—
1906#34294—
1905#332104—
1904#38573—
1903#40063#1,1305
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1900#44057—
1899#57828—
1898#48640—
1897#50933—
1896#53831—
1895#56528—
1894#64321—
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1891#72714—
1890#61718—
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1888#69014—
1887#58615—
1886#55616—
1885#7459—
1884#64011—
1883#8176—
1882#56011—
1881#7406—
1880#49212—
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 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Joan, so not publishedAKMaine: #16 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 93 girlsMEVermont: #13 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 77 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #24 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 99 girlsNHWashington: #29 for girls · 167 births · 1 in 155 girlsWAIdaho: #38 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 159 girlsIDMontana: #38 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 164 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #32 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 141 girlsNDMinnesota: #21 for girls · 312 births · 1 in 106 girlsMNIllinois: #29 for girls · 589 births · 1 in 150 girlsILWisconsin: #23 for girls · 340 births · 1 in 109 girlsWIMichigan: #35 for girls · 423 births · 1 in 172 girlsMINew York: #16 for girls · 1,822 births · 1 in 83 girlsNYMassachusetts: #20 for girls · 534 births · 1 in 92 girlsMARhode Island: #19 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 86 girlsRIOregon: #33 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 174 girlsORNevada: #34 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 143 girlsNVWyoming: #63 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 251 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #35 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 158 girlsSDIowa: #35 for girls · 180 births · 1 in 158 girlsIAIndiana: #58 for girls · 159 births · 1 in 270 girlsINOhio: #40 for girls · 485 births · 1 in 186 girlsOHPennsylvania: #18 for girls · 1,065 births · 1 in 107 girlsPANew Jersey: #14 for girls · 583 births · 1 in 80 girlsNJConnecticut: #17 for girls · 227 births · 1 in 86 girlsCTCalifornia: #34 for girls · 635 births · 1 in 178 girlsCAUtah: #33 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 135 girlsUTColorado: #37 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 171 girlsCONebraska: #30 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 127 girlsNEMissouri: #38 for girls · 227 births · 1 in 181 girlsMOKentucky: #53 for girls · 150 births · 1 in 242 girlsKYWest Virginia: #64 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 317 girlsWVVirginia: #29 for girls · 285 births · 1 in 131 girlsVAMaryland: #19 for girls · 240 births · 1 in 101 girlsMDDelaware: #18 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 77 girlsDEArizona: #77 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 322 girlsAZNew Mexico: #116 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 410 girlsNMKansas: #64 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 293 girlsKSArkansas: #74 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 365 girlsARTennessee: #49 for girls · 157 births · 1 in 256 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #37 for girls · 290 births · 1 in 181 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #48 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 236 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #22 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 105 girlsDCOklahoma: #75 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 378 girlsOKLouisiana: #68 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 268 girlsLAMississippi: #79 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 322 girlsMSAlabama: #46 for girls · 165 births · 1 in 238 girlsALGeorgia: #42 for girls · 212 births · 1 in 206 girlsGAHawaii: #99 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 360 girlsHITexas: #80 for girls · 242 births · 1 in 379 girlsTXFlorida: #40 for girls · 140 births · 1 in 194 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Vermont#13 · 1 in 77
  2. New Jersey#14 · 1 in 80
  3. New York#16 · 1 in 83
  4. Maine#16 · 1 in 93
  5. Connecticut#17 · 1 in 86

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#13481 in 77
New Jersey#145831 in 80
Maine#161081 in 93
New York#161,8221 in 83
Connecticut#172271 in 86
Delaware#18411 in 77
Pennsylvania#181,0651 in 107
Maryland#192401 in 101
Rhode Island#19921 in 86
Massachusetts#205341 in 92
Minnesota#213121 in 106
District of Columbia#221121 in 105
Wisconsin#233401 in 109
New Hampshire#24581 in 99
Illinois#295891 in 150
Virginia#292851 in 131
Washington#291671 in 155
Nebraska#301061 in 127
North Dakota#32491 in 141
Oregon#33881 in 174
Utah#33641 in 135
California#346351 in 178
Nevada#3491 in 143
Iowa#351801 in 158
Michigan#354231 in 172
South Dakota#35411 in 158
Colorado#37841 in 171
North Carolina#372901 in 181
Idaho#38381 in 159
Missouri#382271 in 181
Montana#38351 in 164
Florida#401401 in 194
Ohio#404851 in 186
Georgia#422121 in 206
Alabama#461651 in 238
South Carolina#481201 in 236
Tennessee#491571 in 256
Kentucky#531501 in 242
Indiana#581591 in 270
Wyoming#63101 in 251
Kansas#64631 in 293
West Virginia#64791 in 317
Louisiana#681231 in 268
Arkansas#74641 in 365
Oklahoma#75611 in 378
Arizona#77261 in 322
Mississippi#79901 in 322
Texas#802421 in 379
Hawaii#99151 in 360
New Mexico#116201 in 410
Alaska———

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 1947

girls
#30
11,277 births · 1 in 157 girls
boys
#1,449
26 births · 1 in 70,369 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #30Joan11,277

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #1,449Joan26
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 157 of them was named Joan, which outranked 99.5% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joan
  1. #27Gloria12,627
  2. #28Pamela12,398
  3. #29Marilyn11,881
  4. #30Joan11,277
  5. #31Beverly11,205
  6. #32Martha10,651
  7. #33Cynthia10,530
Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 417Michaele#1,276 → #859
  2. ↑ 385Carlotta#997 → #612
  3. ↑ 332Ricki#1,290 → #958
  4. ↑ 300Daria#1,220 → #920
  5. ↑ 290Ivy#1,087 → #797
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Merlene#961 → #1,302
  2. ↓ 285Beatriz#985 → #1,270
  3. ↓ 276Ruthanne#874 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 253Estela#897 → #1,150
  5. ↓ 242Verla#885 → #1,127

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

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 70,369 of them was named Joan, which outranked 66.0% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joan
  1. #1,425Vernard27
  2. #1,425Willy27
  3. #1,425Winton27
  4. #1,449Joan26
  5. #1,449Agapito26
  6. #1,449Anselmo26
  7. #1,449Augustin26
  8. #1,482Abelardo25
  9. #1,482Arland25
  10. #1,482Beryl25

Tied with 32 names at #1,449; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947 →