Girls' name · since 1930
Joyann
Joyann has 539 recorded births since 1930 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,308 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 539
- born since 1930
- 1940s
- peak decade
539 girls have been named Joyann since 1930, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joyann has been recorded 539 times among girls since 1930, 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 1930 to 2024.
- #11,308 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 539 born since 1930
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joyann ranks #11,308 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 539 born since 1930, peaking in the 1940s.
- #11,308 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 539
- born since 1930
- 1940s
- peak decade
Joyann's 539 recorded births place it above 84.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joyann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joyann's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1938, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1964 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joyann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–2024
- Peak year (1964)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 95 years of records
Joyann by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (107 births, 20% of the file).
1940s was Joyann's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Joyann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
47 births
- 1940s
1940s
107 births
- 1950s
1950s
47 births
- 1960s
1960s
86 births
- 1970s
1970s
79 births
- 1980s
1980s
68 births
- 1990s 38
1990s
38 births
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
- 2010s 39
2010s
39 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 107 births (20% of all-time use).
How Joyann 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 Joyann's total volume
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What to do with Joyann's data
- Joyann's decade-level peak was the 1940s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joyann: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~94 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, 1930–2024 (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 Joyann 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.