Girls' name · since 1931
Joean
58 babies named Joean in U.S. Social Security records since 1931, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 58
- total births
- 1931–1955
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
Joean is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 58 have been recorded since 1931.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joean has been recorded 58 times among girls since 1931, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1931 to 1955.
- 58 total births
- 1931–1955 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 47% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joean's 58 recorded births place it above 54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joean splits its recorded history at 1941: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1936 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1935 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–1955
- Peak year (1935)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Joean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Joean's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Joean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
26 births
- 1940s
1940s
27 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 27 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Joean's decade-level peak was the 1940s (27 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1931–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joean: Baby Name Since 1931 - 58 Births, Peak 1935." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joean. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Joean 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 July 2026.