Girls' name · since 1937
Joanetta
Joanetta has 50 recorded births since 1937 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1955 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 50
- total births
- 1937–1968
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 36%
- born in that decade
Joanetta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 50 recorded since 1937.
Social Security Administration records show Joanetta recorded 50 times among girls since 1937, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1937 to 1968.
- 50 total births
- 1937–1968 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 36% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joanetta's 50 recorded births place it above 51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joanetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joanetta's full recorded timeline at 1955, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1937, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1955 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joanetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1968
- Peak year (1955)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Joanetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Joanetta's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Joanetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
17 births
- 1950s
1950s
18 births
- 1960s
1960s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 18 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Joanetta's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 1960s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1937–1968 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joanetta: Baby Name Since 1937 - 50 Births, Peak 1955." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joanetta. 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 Joanetta 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.