Girls' name · since 1921
Joane
1,195 babies named Joane in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,632 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,195
- born since 1921
- 1930s
- peak decade
Joane is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,195 have been recorded since 1921.
Joane has 1,195 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 2006.
- #6,632 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,195 born since 1921
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joane ranks #6,632 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,195 born since 1921, peaking in the 1930s.
- #6,632 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,195
- born since 1921
- 1930s
- peak decade
Joane's 1,195 recorded births place it above 90.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
Joane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joane splits its recorded history at 1960: 32% of all births land in the more recent half, 68% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1935 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–2006
- Peak year (1935)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 86 years of records
Joane by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (253 births, 21% of the file).
1930s was Joane's strongest decade.
253 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Joane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 94
1920s
94 births
- 1930s
1930s
253 births
- 1940s
1940s
231 births
- 1950s
1950s
229 births
- 1960s
1960s
147 births
- 1970s 68
1970s
68 births
- 1980s 97
1980s
97 births
- 1990s 64
1990s
64 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 253 births (21% of all-time use).
How Joane compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Joane's total volume
Joane by state
Where Joane concentrates geographically, total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 33 | 2.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 30 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
33 of 1,195 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Joane's decade-level peak was the 1930s (253 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Joanes (33 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~85 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1921–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Joane 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 August 2026.