Girls' name · since 1936
Joyanne
Since 1936, U.S. Social Security records show 276 babies named Joyanne, peaking in 1946. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,631 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 276
- born since 1936
- 1940s
- peak decade
Joyanne is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 276 have been recorded since 1936.
Joyanne has 276 recorded births among girls since 1936, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 2016.
- #16,631 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 276 born since 1936
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joyanne ranks #16,631 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 276 born since 1936, peaking in the 1940s.
- #16,631 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 276
- born since 1936
- 1940s
- peak decade
Joyanne's 276 recorded births place it above 76.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Joyanne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joyanne's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1936, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1946 peak of 35, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joyanne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–2016
- Peak year (1946)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Joyanne by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (111 births, 40% of the file).
1940s was Joyanne's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Joyanne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
111 births
- 1950s 21
1950s
21 births
- 1960s 35
1960s
35 births
- 1970s
1970s
48 births
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 111 births (40% of all-time use).
Joyanne by state
Where Joyanne concentrates geographically, total births since 1936
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 9 | 3.3% |
9 of 276 births nationwide.
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- Joyanne's decade-level peak was the 1940s (111 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Joyannes (9 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joyanne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1946)
Similar record span (~80 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, 1936–2016 (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 Joyanne 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.