Joanann — girls' name
79 babies named Joanann in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
79 girls have been named Joanann since 1934, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1947.
- 79
- total births
- 1934–1947
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
53% of everyone ever named Joanann was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Joanann in 1935 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joanann
The Social Security Administration has registered 79 babies named Joanann between 1934 and 1947, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joanann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joanann performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Joanann shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Joanann in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joanann in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 79 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Joanann at a glance
Last recorded 1947Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Joanann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1934
- Peak year (1935)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1947.
79 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1935 with 10 births in a single year.
Joanann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 42 births that decade — 53% of Joanann's all-time total
Joanann decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Joanann's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Joanann by state
Where Joanann concentrates geographically — total births since 1934
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 7 | 8.9% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 6.3% |
7 of 79 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 6.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1934–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.