Girls' name · since 1888
Joanne
Joanne has 211,970 recorded births since 1888 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #185 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,609 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 211,970
- born since 1888
- 1950s
- peak decade
211,970 babies have been named Joanne since 1888, making it today's #2609 girls' name.
Joanne has 211,970 recorded births among girls since 1888, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2609 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of girls, 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 1888 to 2025.
- #185 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,609 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 211,970 born since 1888
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joanne ranks #185 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,609 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 211,970 born since 1888, peaking in the 1950s.
- #185 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,609 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 211,970
- born since 1888
- 1950s
- peak decade
Joanne's 211,970 recorded births place it above 99.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Joanne compares
211,970 Top 2% higher than 98% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Joanne's all-time total is 564x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joanne | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 211,970 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6,062 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joanne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joanne's full recorded timeline at 1963, 20% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 80% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1888, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1947 peak of 6,062 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joanne popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1888–2025
- Peak year (1947)
- 6,062
- Annual births at peak, across 138 years of records
Joanne popularity over time - boys
504 total births recorded since 1928 (Joanne as boys' name)
Joanne by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (53,568 births, 25% of the file).
1950s was Joanne's strongest decade.
53,568 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Joanne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 11
1890s
11 births
- 1900s 93
1900s
93 births
- 1910s 825
1910s
825 births
- 1920s 8,391
1920s
8,391 births
- 1930s
1930s
40,581 births
- 1940s
1940s
51,655 births
- 1950s
1950s
53,568 births
- 1960s
1960s
33,363 births
- 1970s 11,997
1970s
11,997 births
- 1980s 5,430
1980s
5,430 births
- 1990s 3,000
1990s
3,000 births
- 2000s 1,626
2000s
1,626 births
- 2010s 998
2010s
998 births
- 2020s 427
2020s
427 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 53,568 births (25% of all-time use).
How Joanne compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Joanne's total volume
Joanne by state
Where Joanne concentrates geographically, total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 33,936 | 16.0% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 23,765 | 11.2% |
| #3 | California | | 16,011 | 7.6% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 15,813 | 7.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 13,751 | 6.5% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 11,411 | 5.4% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 11,232 | 5.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 10,944 | 5.2% |
33,936 of 211,970 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Joanne appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Joanne's data
- Joanne's decade-level peak was the 1950s (53,568 total births); usage has since declined to 427 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Joannes (33,936 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joanne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~137 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, 1888–2025 (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 Joanne 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.