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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #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 1967

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Joanne, so not publishedAKMaine: #92 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 386 girlsMEVermont: #80 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 270 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #97 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 361 girlsNHWashington: #142 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 612 girlsWAIdaho: #207 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 853 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Joanne, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Joanne, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #175 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 938 girlsMNIllinois: #140 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 673 girlsILWisconsin: #134 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 681 girlsWIMichigan: #145 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 699 girlsMINew York: #69 for girls · 482 births · 1 in 289 girlsNYMassachusetts: #51 for girls · 240 births · 1 in 182 girlsMARhode Island: #51 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 172 girlsRIOregon: #145 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 639 girlsORNevada: #128 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 446 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Joanne, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Joanne, so not publishedSDIowa: #202 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,087 girlsIAIndiana: #278 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,771 girlsINOhio: #184 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 951 girlsOHPennsylvania: #82 for girls · 242 births · 1 in 353 girlsPANew Jersey: #73 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 308 girlsNJConnecticut: #70 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 267 girlsCTCalifornia: #170 for girls · 181 births · 1 in 845 girlsCAUtah: #270 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,279 girlsUTColorado: #273 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,386 girlsCONebraska: #305 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,989 girlsNEMissouri: #260 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,596 girlsMOKentucky: #431 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,100 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Joanne, so not publishedWVVirginia: #205 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,155 girlsVAMaryland: #116 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 526 girlsMDDelaware: #95 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 335 girlsDEArizona: #198 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 796 girlsAZNew Mexico: #175 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 674 girlsNMKansas: #312 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,932 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Joanne, so not publishedARTennessee: #483 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,986 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #355 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,814 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #288 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,863 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #148 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 623 girlsDCOklahoma: #344 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,227 girlsOKLouisiana: #557 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,459 girlsLAMississippi: #343 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,076 girlsMSAlabama: #354 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,430 girlsALGeorgia: #287 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,844 girlsGAHawaii: #108 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 366 girlsHITexas: #427 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,704 girlsTXFlorida: #265 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,428 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#51 · 1 in 172
  2. Massachusetts#51 · 1 in 182
  3. New York#69 · 1 in 289
  4. Connecticut#70 · 1 in 267
  5. New Jersey#73 · 1 in 308

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#512401 in 182
Rhode Island#51391 in 172
New York#694821 in 289
Connecticut#70781 in 267
New Jersey#731611 in 308
Vermont#80101 in 270
Pennsylvania#822421 in 353
Maine#92191 in 386
Delaware#95111 in 335
New Hampshire#97131 in 361
Hawaii#108131 in 366
Maryland#116491 in 526
Nevada#12861 in 446
Wisconsin#134491 in 681
Illinois#1401271 in 673
Washington#142371 in 612
Michigan#1451021 in 699
Oregon#145201 in 639
District of Columbia#148171 in 623
California#1701811 in 845
Minnesota#175301 in 938
New Mexico#175121 in 674
Ohio#184871 in 951
Arizona#198161 in 796
Iowa#202191 in 1,087
Virginia#205291 in 1,155
Idaho#20751 in 853
Missouri#260211 in 1,596
Florida#265291 in 1,428
Utah#27071 in 1,279
Colorado#273111 in 1,386
Indiana#278231 in 1,771
Georgia#287201 in 1,844
South Carolina#288111 in 1,863
Nebraska#30551 in 1,989
Kansas#31271 in 1,932
Mississippi#34391 in 2,076
Oklahoma#34471 in 2,227
Alabama#354111 in 2,430
North Carolina#355141 in 2,814
Texas#427341 in 2,704
Kentucky#43161 in 4,100
Tennessee#48361 in 4,986
Louisiana#55771 in 4,459
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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 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 1967

girls
#147
2,340 births · 1 in 706 girls
boys
#2,760
9 births · 1 in 193,757 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #147Joanne2,340

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #2,760Joanne9
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 706 of them was named Joanne, which outranked 98.1% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joanne
  1. #144Vickie2,425
  2. #145Ruth2,420
  3. #146Rita2,380
  4. #147Joanne2,340
  5. #148Dorothy2,314
  6. #149Joan2,305
  7. #150Alicia2,304
Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,873Anissa#2,519 → #646
  2. ↑ 1,660Buffy#2,453 → #793
  3. ↑ 1,522Nichelle#2,022 → #500
  4. ↑ 893Josette#1,621 → #728
  5. ↑ 862Lissette#1,600 → #738
Fallers
  1. ↓ 792Tatia#668 → #1,460
  2. ↓ 531Inger#929 → #1,460
  3. ↓ 400Sonji#639 → #1,039
  4. ↓ 389Sunday#983 → #1,372
  5. ↓ 325Cinda#944 → #1,269

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

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 193,757 of them was named Joanne, which outranked 39.4% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joanne
  1. #2,611Willem10
  2. #2,611Yehuda10
  3. #2,611Zeb10
  4. #2,760Joanne9
  5. #2,760Abimael9
  6. #2,760Adriel9
  7. #2,760Aidan9
  8. #2,985Able8
  9. #2,985Adron8
  10. #2,985Alcide8

Tied with 224 names at #2,760; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,048Alfie#1,963 → #915
  2. ↑ 548Waylon#1,540 → #992
  3. ↑ 519Ariel#1,450 → #931
  4. ↑ 430Brendon#1,345 → #915
  5. ↑ 416Terrill#1,259 → #843
Fallers
  1. ↓ 443German#968 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 396Darry#916 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 346Regan#835 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 337Caleb#916 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 317Winfred#785 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967 →