Joann — #3076 US girls' name
156,833 babies named Joann in U.S. Social Security records since 1891, with the highest year being 1942. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Joann was born in this single decade.
4,506 babies were named Joann in 1942 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joann
The Social Security Administration has registered 156,833 babies named Joann between 1891 and 2024, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joann currently holds the #3076 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 4,506 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joann performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 40,016 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Joann shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 17,126 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Joann in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joann in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 156,833 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Joann at a glance
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Joann popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1891
- Peak year (1942)
- 4,506
- Annual births at peak — across 134 years of records
Currently ranks #3076 among girls.
156,833 total births across 134 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1942 with 4,506 births in a single year.
Joann popularity over time — boys
564 total births recorded since 1926 (Joann as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Joann accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Joann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 40,016 births that decade — 26% of Joann's all-time total
Joann decade highlights
- Peak decade 40,016 births
- Runner-up 34,697 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Joann's strongest decade
40,016 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Joann by state
Where Joann concentrates geographically — total births since 1891
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 17,126 | 10.9% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 12,476 | 8.0% |
| #3 | California | | 9,443 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 8,955 | 5.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 8,804 | 5.6% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 8,164 | 5.2% |
| #7 | Texas | | 7,444 | 4.7% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 6,941 | 4.4% |
17,126 of 156,833 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 8.0% of nationwide
- California 6.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Joann appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1891–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.