Joeann — girls' name

What the Data Says About Joeann

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,283 babies named Joeann between 1917 and 2006, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joeann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joeann performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 298 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Joeann shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Joeann in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joeann 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 1,283 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.