Joann
Joann was given to 54 girls in 2025, #3,049 among girls’ names; 157,456 Americans have been recorded with it since 1891 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 95,700 Americans named Joann and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (61% of everyone recorded); the median is 70 years old and half are between 60 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Joann by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Joann mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Joann is “a female given name from Hebrew, variant of Joan and Joanne.”
Also “a female given name from Hebrew, variant of Joanne.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Joann?
#3,049 among girls’ names, 2025
Joann fell from #2,179 in 2015 to #3,049 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 48.7 to 33.6 per million.
4,518 babies in 1942, the peak
Joann peaked in 1942, when 4,518 babies were given it (4,506 girls, #58 among girls’ names). The 54 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #3,049 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 53 | #3,063 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,122 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 78 | #2,374 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,977 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,671 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,736 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 75 | #2,410 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 75 | #2,414 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 70 | #2,549 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 87 | #2,179 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,521 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,615 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 56 | #3,028 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 73 | #2,492 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 74 | #2,502 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 98 | #2,080 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 87 | #2,257 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 102 | #2,010 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,056 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 99 | #1,935 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,672 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 125 | #1,545 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 117 | #1,589 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 132 | #1,431 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 140 | #1,347 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 132 | #1,343 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 164 | #1,149 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 172 | #1,094 | 0.10 |
| 1996 | 170 | #1,087 | 0.10 |
| 1995 | 184 | #1,005 | 0.10 |
| 1994 | 197 | #943 | 0.11 |
| 1993 | 219 | #884 | 0.12 |
| 1992 | 228 | #866 | 0.12 |
| 1991 | 279 | #746 | 0.15 |
| 1990 | 312 | #683 | 0.16 |
| 1989 | 310 | #659 | 0.17 |
| 1988 | 331 | #604 | 0.19 |
| 1987 | 355 | #564 | 0.20 |
| 1986 | 369 | #552 | 0.22 |
| 1985 | 399 | #509 | 0.23 |
| 1984 | 451 | #464 | 0.27 |
| 1983 | 448 | #457 | 0.27 |
| 1982 | 509 | #430 | 0.30 |
| 1981 | 506 | #426 | 0.30 |
| 1980 | 599 | #385 | 0.36 |
| 1979 | 635 | #357 | 0.40 |
| 1978 | 586 | #364 | 0.38 |
| 1977 | 726 | #324 | 0.47 |
| 1976 | 801 | #287 | 0.55 |
| 1975 | 938 | #258 | 0.64 |
| 1974 | 1,058 | #242 | 0.72 |
| 1973 | 1,040 | #244 | 0.71 |
| 1972 | 1,101 | #247 | 0.72 |
| 1971 | 1,380 | #220 | 0.83 |
| 1970 | 1,559 | #205 | 0.89 |
| 1969 | 1,634 | #196 | 1.0 |
| 1968 | 1,676 | #190 | 1.0 |
| 1967 | 1,794 | #178 | 1.1 |
| 1966 | 2,117 | #164 | 1.3 |
| 1965 | 2,395 | #158 | 1.4 |
| 1964 | 2,736 | #148 | 1.4 |
| 1963 | 2,652 | #151 | 1.4 |
| 1962 | 3,112 | #137 | 1.6 |
| 1961 | 3,350 | #137 | 1.7 |
| 1960 | 3,409 | #131 | 1.7 |
| 1959 | 3,459 | #130 | 1.7 |
| 1958 | 3,700 | #122 | 1.8 |
| 1957 | 3,057 | #137 | 1.5 |
| 1956 | 3,003 | #139 | 1.5 |
| 1955 | 2,936 | #136 | 1.5 |
| 1954 | 3,063 | #129 | 1.6 |
| 1953 | 3,171 | #121 | 1.7 |
| 1952 | 3,266 | #116 | 1.8 |
| 1951 | 3,422 | #104 | 1.9 |
| 1950 | 3,600 | #98 | 2.1 |
| 1949 | 3,523 | #101 | 2.1 |
| 1948 | 3,799 | #94 | 2.2 |
| 1947 | 4,276 | #89 | 2.4 |
| 1946 | 3,945 | #90 | 2.5 |
| 1945 | 3,465 | #80 | 2.7 |
| 1944 | 3,973 | #65 | 3.0 |
| 1943 | 4,464 | #60 | 3.2 |
| 1942 | 4,506 | #58 | 3.3 |
| 1941 | 4,275 | #58 | 3.5 |
| 1940 | 3,789 | #63 | 3.3 |
| 1939 | 3,994 | #57 | 3.6 |
| 1938 | 3,710 | #68 | 3.4 |
| 1937 | 3,936 | #58 | 3.7 |
| 1936 | 3,886 | #55 | 3.7 |
| 1935 | 3,913 | #53 | 3.7 |
| 1934 | 4,149 | #50 | 4.0 |
| 1933 | 3,209 | #72 | 3.2 |
| 1932 | 3,115 | #79 | 2.9 |
| 1931 | 2,655 | #90 | 2.5 |
| 1930 | 2,131 | #118 | 1.9 |
| 1929 | 1,550 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 1928 | 1,001 | #201 | 0.87 |
| 1927 | 784 | #226 | 0.66 |
| 1926 | 622 | #267 | 0.52 |
| 1925 | 470 | #305 | 0.39 |
| 1924 | 386 | #343 | 0.31 |
| 1923 | 257 | #417 | 0.21 |
| 1922 | 206 | #479 | 0.17 |
| 1921 | 153 | #586 | 0.12 |
| 1920 | 143 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1919 | 93 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 113 | #675 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 90 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 72 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 65 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 58 | #762 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 31 | #971 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 28 | #819 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 20 | #986 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,082 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,026 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,453 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,071 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,079 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,419 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,166 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,100 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,566 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,367 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,497 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,588 | 0.02 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,529 | 0.02 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,269 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Joann a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Joann has been given almost only to girls: 564 boys in 130 years of records.
Girls and boys named Joann: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Joann, and how old are they?
95,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 61% of the 157,456 Americans ever recorded as Joann. The median Joann alive today is 70 years old; half are between 60 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 149,035 people named Joann (148,763 women and girls, 272 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 112,041 born in the U.S. The Census count is 33% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 20,600 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 48,800 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 18,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 5,130 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,830 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 876 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Joann born?
The states with the most babies named Joann are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 17,127 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 12,476 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| California | 9,450 | #2,628 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 8,955 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 8,804 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 8,169 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Texas | 7,444 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 6,941 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Minnesota | 4,793 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Wisconsin | 4,559 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Joann is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Joann is most over-represented in New Jersey: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Joann with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 648,354 babies since 1880, Joann is the second most given (24% of them). In 2025 it was given to 54 of their 508 babies (11%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Joann
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Joann and names like it
- Compare Joann and JoanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sJoann peaked in 1942.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Joann since 1910.
- The top names of 1942The year the most babies were named Joann.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Joann alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.