Joann

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Peak · girls
1934 · 4,149 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
19 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
156,892
since 1891

Joann over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank1900192019401960198020002020peak #50, 1934girls
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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#3,02854—
2024#3,04753—
2023#3,09153#12,2395
2022#2,36478—
2021#2,95856—
2020#2,65963#12,0225
2019#2,72962#10,8036
2018#2,40475—
2017#2,40175—
2016#2,53970—
2015#2,16987—
2014#2,51771—
2013#2,59768—
2012#3,00656#10,7706
2011#2,48373—
2010#2,49374—
2009#2,07698—
2008#2,25387#11,0376
2007#2,003102—
2006#2,05096#10,6626
2005#1,93399#11,4725
2004#1,667116#7,5369
2003#1,542125#7,8318
2002#1,584117#10,6675
2001#1,427132—
2000#1,344140#9,1126
1999#1,341132—
1998#1,150164#7,5607
1997#1,091172#7,2817
1996#1,087170—
1995#1,007184—
1994#941197—
1993#881219—
1992#865228—
1991#745279—
1990#683312—
1989#658310—
1988#602331—
1987#563355—
1986#552369—
1985#507399—
1984#464451#4,5528
1983#457448#6,2385
1982#430509#5,6196
1981#426506—
1980#385599—
1979#357635—
1978#364586#5,7725
1977#324726—
1976#287801—
1975#258938#4,3097
1974#2421,058—
1973#2441,040—
1972#2471,101#4,4416
1971#2201,380#3,6588
1970#2051,559#2,89111
1969#1961,634#3,3148
1968#1901,676#2,10915
1967#1781,794—
1966#1642,117#2,46511
1965#1582,395#2,47611
1964#1482,736#4,0395
1963#1512,652#2,30013
1962#1373,112#3,6406
1961#1373,350#2,70610
1960#1313,409#2,12115
1959#1303,459#3,2907
1958#1223,700#2,8189
1957#1373,057#3,5526
1956#1393,003#2,9698
1955#1362,936—
1954#1293,063#3,1767
1953#1213,171#3,7985
1952#1163,266#3,7345
1951#1043,422#3,3646
1950#983,600#2,7708
1949#1013,523#3,0197
1948#943,799#2,6089
1947#894,276#3,0967
1946#903,945#1,94914
1945#803,465#2,00912
1944#653,973#1,63018
1943#604,464#2,18212
1942#584,506#2,14512
1941#584,275#1,82115
1940#633,789#1,47121
1939#573,994#1,63617
1938#683,710#1,97613
1937#583,936#1,82815
1936#553,886#2,06212
1935#533,913#1,92914
1934#504,149#1,49821
1933#723,209#2,21411
1932#793,115#1,99514
1931#902,655#2,32811
1930#1182,131#3,5926
1929#1441,550#3,5596
1928#2011,001—
1927#226784—
1926#267622#4,2015
1925#305470—
1924#342386—
1923#417257—
1922#479206—
1921#585153—
1920#599143—
1919#72493—
1918#671113—
1917#74090—
1916#80272—
1915#81165—
1914#75958—
1913#96131—
1912#1,08023—
1911#81128—
1910#97020—
1909#1,05215—
1908#1,00416—
1907#1,3849—
1906#1,04313—
1905#1,9315—
1904#1,3648—
1903#1,13710—
1902#1,07511—
1901#1,4666—
1900#1,3199—
1899#1,3946—
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1894#1,4855—
1893#1,4375—
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1891#1,2136—
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First appearance
1891

The first year at least five girls were named Joann! It came in at #1,213, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1892–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Joann is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,487 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 23,103 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedNEMissouri: #811 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,050 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Joann, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Missouri#811 · 1 in 4,050
  2. California#2,487 · 1 in 23,103

Best ever in a state: #13 in Nevada, 1933.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Missouri#81161 in 4,050
California#2,48771 in 23,103
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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.

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See more about Joann
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 19 spots since 2024 (#3,047 → #3,028)
  • 369 spots since 2020 (#2,659 → #3,028)
  • Biggest jump: 202 spots in 1914
  • Biggest drop: 269 spots in 1912
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1934 at #50 (4,149 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 33 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1931–1948
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1913–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 252
  • Highest: 1 in 252 girls born in 1934 were named Joann (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,764 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 25.5% of all girls named Joann (40,015) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s22#1,213 (1891)#1,382
1900s102#1,004 (1908)#1,278
1910s593#671 (1918)#833
1920s5,572#144 (1929)#357
1930s34,698#50 (1934)#70
1940s40,015#58 (1942)#76
1950s32,677#98 (1950)#123
1960s24,875#131 (1960)#159
1970s9,824#205 (1970)#275
1980s4,277#385 (1980)#504
1990s2,057#683 (1990)#979
2000s1,112#1,344 (2000)#1,788
2010s711#2,169 (2015)#2,534
2020s357#2,364 (2022)#2,858

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.

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