Joann
Joann is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 52 births. Its best rank was 50th, in 1934.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 520.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19424,506 births
- Best rank
- #50in 1934
- Since 1891
- 156,833people given the name
The story in the numbers
156,833 girls have been named Joann in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1942, with 4,506 births — 0.33% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 52 births in 2024, against 4,506 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1940s alone account for 26%. It has spent 84 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 19 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Joann | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 22 | |
| 1900s | 102 | |
| 1910s | 593 | |
| 1920s | 5,572 | |
| 1930s | 34,697 | |
| 1940s | 40,016 | |
| 1950s | 32,674 | |
| 1960s | 24,876 | |
| 1970s | 9,822 | |
| 1980s | 4,277 | |
| 1990s | 2,057 | |
| 2000s | 1,112 | |
| 2010s | 711 | |
| 2020s | 302 |
In 1942, its biggest year
Joann was the 58th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1942 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1942.
Names that rose and fell with Joann
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Joannepeak 1947
- Sallyannpeak 1937
- Joeannpeak 1941
- Barbarapeak 1947
- Beverlypeak 1953
- Delorsepeak 1958
- Joycepeak 1942
- Carlenepeak 1955
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.