Girls' name · since 1936
Joanette
367 babies named Joanette in U.S. Social Security records since 1936, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 367
- born since 1936
- 1950s
- peak decade
Joanette is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 367 have been recorded since 1936.
Joanette has 367 recorded births among girls since 1936, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 1986.
- #14,239 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 367 born since 1936
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joanette ranks #14,239 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 367 born since 1936, peaking in the 1950s.
- #14,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 367
- born since 1936
- 1950s
- peak decade
Joanette's 367 recorded births place it above 80.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joanette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joanette's full recorded timeline at 1957, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% 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 1961 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joanette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1986
- Peak year (1961)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Joanette by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (126 births, 34% of the file).
1950s was Joanette's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Joanette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s
1940s
62 births
- 1950s
1950s
126 births
- 1960s
1960s
126 births
- 1970s 37
1970s
37 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 126 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Joanette's data
- Joanette's decade-level peak was the 1950s (126 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joanette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1936–1986 (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 Joanette 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.