Girls' name · since 1941
Joannah
Since 1941, U.S. Social Security records show 430 babies named Joannah, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,949 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 430
- born since 1941
- 2010s
- peak decade
Joannah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 430 have been recorded since 1941.
Joannah has 430 recorded births among girls since 1941, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1941 to 2024.
- #12,949 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 430 born since 1941
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joannah ranks #12,949 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 430 born since 1941, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,949 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 430
- born since 1941
- 2010s
- peak decade
Joannah's 430 recorded births place it above 82.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joannah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joannah's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1941, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joannah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–2024
- Peak year (2018)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Joannah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (98 births, 23% of the file).
2010s was Joannah's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Joannah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s
1980s
74 births
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
93 births
- 2010s
2010s
98 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 98 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Joannah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (98 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joannah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~83 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, 1941–2024 (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 Joannah 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.