Recorded 1936–2016 Girls' name Peak 1946 276 births

Joyanne — girls' name

276 babies named Joyanne in U.S. Social Security records since 1936, with the highest year being 1946. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1930s51940s1111950s211960s351970s481980s191990s162000s112010s10
1940s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Joyanne was born in this single decade.

1946
Single peak year

35 babies were named Joyanne in 1946 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Joyanne

The Social Security Administration has registered 276 babies named Joyanne between 1936 and 2016, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joyanne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joyanne performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Joyanne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Joyanne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joyanne 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 276 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.

Joyanne at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

276

Since 1936

81 years of records

Peak year

1946

35 births that year

Strongest decade: 1940s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1936

Recorded for 81 years

Last year on file: 2016

Joyanne popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1936

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1946)
35
Annual births at peak — across 81 years of records
010203040 20161994197919731966194919431936 5

Joyanne by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1940s
Peak decade
1940s
111 births that decade — 40% of Joyanne's all-time total
1930s51940s1111950s211960s351970s481980s191990s162000s112010s10

Joyanne by state

Where Joyanne concentrates geographically — total births since 1936

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Joyanne
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
9 3.3%
New York share of Joyanne's total US births 3.3%

9 of 276 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Joyanne?
276 babies have been named Joyanne since 1936. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1946 with 35 births.
When was Joyanne most popular?
Joyanne was most popular in the 1940s decade with 111 total births. The single peak year was 1946.
Where is Joyanne most popular?
The top states for the name Joyanne are New York (9 births).
How long has the name Joyanne been used?
Joyanne has been recorded in Social Security data since 1936, spanning 81 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Joyanne?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Joyce, Joy, Joycelyn, Joye, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1936–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.