Girls' name · since 1890
Joeanna
485 babies named Joeanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1890, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 485
- born since 1890
- 1990s
- peak decade
Joeanna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 485 have been recorded since 1890.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joeanna has been recorded 485 times among girls since 1890, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1890 to 2014.
- #12,079 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 485 born since 1890
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joeanna ranks #12,079 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 485 born since 1890, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 485
- born since 1890
- 1990s
- peak decade
Joeanna's 485 recorded births place it above 83.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joeanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joeanna splits its recorded history at 1976: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1891 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joeanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1890–2014
- Peak year (1986)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 125 years of records
Joeanna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (78 births, 16% of the file).
1990s was Joeanna's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Joeanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 12
1890s
12 births
- 1910s
1910s
47 births
- 1920s
1920s
54 births
- 1930s
1930s
37 births
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
67 births
- 1980s
1980s
73 births
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s 25
2010s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 78 births (16% of all-time use).
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- Joeanna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joeanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~124 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, 1890–2014 (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 Joeanna 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.