Girls' name · since 1934
Joanann
Since 1934, U.S. Social Security records show 79 babies named Joanann, peaking in 1935. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 79
- total births
- 1934–1947
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
Joanann is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 79 have been recorded since 1934.
Joanann has 79 recorded births among girls since 1934, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1934 to 1947.
- 79 total births
- 1934–1947 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 53% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joanann's 79 recorded births place it above 59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Joanann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joanann splits its recorded history at 1940: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1934 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1935 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joanann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1947
- 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
1940s was Joanann's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Joanann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
37 births
- 1940s
1940s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 42 births (53% of all-time use).
Joanann decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1934–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joanann: Baby Name Since 1934 - 79 Births, Peak 1935." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joanann. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Joanann draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.
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