Joanna
Joanna is ranked 329th among girls in 2024 (942 births). Its best rank was 88th, in 1984.
- Rank in 2024
- #329up 10 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 9420.06% of girls
- Peak year
- 19843,332 births
- Best rank
- #88in 1984
- Since 1880
- 110,756people given the name
The story in the numbers
110,756 girls have been named Joanna in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1984, with 3,332 births — 0.20% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 325 → 329).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 20%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 2 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Joanna | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 290 | |
| 1890s | 389 | |
| 1900s | 391 | |
| 1910s | 1,186 | |
| 1920s | 2,233 | |
| 1930s | 3,914 | |
| 1940s | 4,709 | |
| 1950s | 5,151 | |
| 1960s | 9,194 | |
| 1970s | 15,281 | |
| 1980s | 22,216 | |
| 1990s | 16,287 | |
| 2000s | 12,969 | |
| 2010s | 11,408 | |
| 2020s | 5,138 |
In 1984, its biggest year
Joanna was the 88th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1984 were Jennifer, Jessica, Ashley, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1984.
Names that rose and fell with Joanna
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Susannahpeak 1975
- Eveliapeak 1980
- Camilliapeak 1987
- Elissapeak 1979
- Janellepeak 1979
- Silviapeak 1991
- Rachellpeak 1982
- Susanapeak 1993
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.