Joanie

Where Joanie comes from

From Joan + -ie. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessy, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
— Wiktionary's entry for Joanie
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1931
    First appearance
    #2,427 among girls, 12 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1941
    Joanie Sommers born
    American singer
  3. 1957
    Peak, #684
    209 babies named Joanie — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,135.
  5. 1981
    Joanie Dodds born
    American model
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Joan, from French.
Namesakes
  • Joanie Dodds · American model, born 1981
  • Joanie Sommers · American singer, born 1941
  • Joanie Bartels · American singer and occasional actress, born 1953
  • Joanie Madden · American musician, born 1958
  • Joanie Spina · American magician, 1953–2014

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.