Girls' name · since 1955
Josann
Josann has 10 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1955 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 10
- total births
- 1955–1956
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
10 girls have been named Josann since 1955, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Josann has been recorded 10 times among girls since 1955, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 1956.
- 10 total births
- 1955–1956 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Josann's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Josann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Josann's SSA record in two at 1956 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1955, with only 5 births recorded.
Josann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1956
- Peak year (1955)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Josann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Josann's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Josann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 1955–1956 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Josann: Baby Name Since 1955 - 10 Births, Peak 1955." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/josann. 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 Josann 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.