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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #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—
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1905#1,01114—
1904#1,3648—
1903#1,2049—
1902#1,3208—
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1895#1,5925—
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1893#1,2776—
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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.

Where Joanne is popular in 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #112 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 360 girlsAKMaine: #88 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 320 girlsMEVermont: #38 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 129 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #50 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 158 girlsNHWashington: #132 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 534 girlsWAIdaho: #245 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,024 girlsIDMontana: #146 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 538 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #165 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 623 girlsNDMinnesota: #109 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 429 girlsMNIllinois: #108 for girls · 206 births · 1 in 477 girlsILWisconsin: #115 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 483 girlsWIMichigan: #123 for girls · 142 births · 1 in 550 girlsMINew York: #51 for girls · 748 births · 1 in 215 girlsNYMassachusetts: #44 for girls · 316 births · 1 in 159 girlsMARhode Island: #48 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 185 girlsRIOregon: #181 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 762 girlsORNevada: #154 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 543 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Joanne, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Joanne, so not publishedSDIowa: #183 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 929 girlsIAIndiana: #235 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,378 girlsINOhio: #164 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 810 girlsOHPennsylvania: #65 for girls · 379 births · 1 in 264 girlsPANew Jersey: #47 for girls · 273 births · 1 in 208 girlsNJConnecticut: #64 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 250 girlsCTCalifornia: #126 for girls · 295 births · 1 in 583 girlsCAUtah: #217 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,045 girlsUTColorado: #185 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 771 girlsCONebraska: #197 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,002 girlsNEMissouri: #255 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,718 girlsMOKentucky: #308 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,292 girlsKYWest Virginia: #378 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,047 girlsWVVirginia: #192 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 996 girlsVAMaryland: #110 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 442 girlsMDDelaware: #50 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 187 girlsDEArizona: #152 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 585 girlsAZNew Mexico: #288 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,322 girlsNMKansas: #391 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,863 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Joanne, so not publishedARTennessee: #346 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,902 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #234 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,441 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #215 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,146 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #86 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 347 girlsDCOklahoma: #317 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,101 girlsOKLouisiana: #395 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,594 girlsLAMississippi: #477 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,784 girlsMSAlabama: #288 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,787 girlsALGeorgia: #246 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,415 girlsGAHawaii: #83 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 290 girlsHITexas: #390 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 2,483 girlsTXFlorida: #189 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 889 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Vermont#38 · 1 in 129
  2. Massachusetts#44 · 1 in 159
  3. New Jersey#47 · 1 in 208
  4. Rhode Island#48 · 1 in 185
  5. New Hampshire#50 · 1 in 158

Best ever in a state: #12 in Oregon, 1934.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#38251 in 129
Massachusetts#443161 in 159
New Jersey#472731 in 208
Rhode Island#48411 in 185
Delaware#50231 in 187
New Hampshire#50341 in 158
New York#517481 in 215
Connecticut#64971 in 250
Pennsylvania#653791 in 264
Hawaii#83201 in 290
District of Columbia#86361 in 347
Maine#88281 in 320
Illinois#1082061 in 477
Minnesota#109791 in 429
Maryland#110681 in 442
Alaska#11271 in 360
Wisconsin#115821 in 483
Michigan#1231421 in 550
California#1262951 in 583
Washington#132451 in 534
Montana#146101 in 538
Arizona#152251 in 585
Nevada#15461 in 543
Ohio#1641161 in 810
North Dakota#16591 in 623
Oregon#181181 in 762
Iowa#183261 in 929
Colorado#185231 in 771
Florida#189541 in 889
Virginia#192401 in 996
Nebraska#197131 in 1,002
South Carolina#215211 in 1,146
Utah#21791 in 1,045
North Carolina#234321 in 1,441
Indiana#235341 in 1,378
Idaho#24551 in 1,024
Georgia#246311 in 1,415
Missouri#255231 in 1,718
Alabama#288181 in 1,787
New Mexico#28881 in 1,322
Kentucky#308131 in 2,292
Oklahoma#31791 in 2,101
Tennessee#346121 in 2,902
West Virginia#37851 in 3,047
Texas#390421 in 2,483
Kansas#39161 in 2,863
Louisiana#395141 in 2,594
Mississippi#47761 in 3,784
Arkansas———
South Dakota———
Wyoming———

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 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 1964

girls
#115
3,575 births · 1 in 530 girls
boys
#3,282
7 births · 1 in 284,671 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #115Joanne3,575

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #3,282Joanne7
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 530 of them was named Joanne, which outranked 98.5% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joanne
  1. #112Vicki3,716
  2. #113Melinda3,703
  3. #114Ruth3,640
  4. #115Joanne3,575
  5. #115Deanna3,575
  6. #117Julia3,541
  7. #118Dorothy3,533
  8. #119Ellen3,532

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 284,671 of them was named Joanne, which outranked 28.6% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joanne
  1. #3,050Windsor8
  2. #3,050Yvette8
  3. #3,050Zev8
  4. #3,282Joanne7
  5. #3,282Aarron7
  6. #3,282Abimael7
  7. #3,282Adams7
  8. #3,601Able6
  9. #3,601Adriano6
  10. #3,601Alanzo6

Tied with 318 names at #3,282; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964 →