Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Joan

#66 most common girls' name of all time · #135 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#66
Rank overall
#135 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
488,939
Since 2016
3,436
Peak year
1932 #5
Best rank
#5 1931
Girls Boys peak 21,132/yr
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Joan is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 222 232 454 #1,087
2024 188 220 408 #1,240
2023 165 200 365 #1,361
2022 161 201 362 #1,412
2021 158 185 343 #1,384
2020 137 172 309 #1,546
2019 134 165 299 #1,586
2018 118 178 296 #1,741
2017 128 172 300 #1,679
2016 112 188 300 #1,841
2015 99 170 269 #1,997
2014 75 150 225 #2,414
2013 72 168 240 #2,485
2012 79 140 219 #2,356
2011 63 144 207 #2,765
2010 61 150 211 #2,841
2009 70 178 248 #2,614
2008 68 173 241 #2,691
2007 67 217 284 #2,710
2006 80 188 268 #2,353
2005 105 173 278 #1,849
2004 94 161 255 #1,974
2003 104 139 243 #1,803
2002 111 221 332 #1,655
2001 141 186 327 #1,356
2000 163 170 333 #1,217
1999 125 92 217 #1,409
1998 129 91 220 #1,355
1997 144 113 257 #1,240
1996 135 66 201 #1,280
1995 161 41 202 #1,101
1994 171 43 214 #1,061
1993 214 46 260 #903
1992 252 43 295 #800
1991 256 38 294 #800
1990 271 46 317 #761
1989 280 36 316 #707
1988 280 37 317 #685
1987 281 33 314 #664
1986 284 26 310 #648
1985 316 23 339 #601
1984 327 19 346 #565
1983 347 15 362 #541
1982 360 23 383 #539
1981 403 17 420 #499
1980 422 18 440 #490
1979 401 14 415 #502
1978 419 14 433 #471
1977 433 15 448 #456
1976 462 13 475 #433
1975 550 10 560 #378
1974 577 17 594 #371
1973 579 11 590 #367
1972 729 14 743 #322
1971 1,022 17 1,039 #280
1970 1,308 15 1,323 #240
1969 1,566 14 1,580 #200
1968 1,783 30 1,813 #182
1967 2,305 15 2,320 #149
1966 2,721 17 2,738 #133
1965 3,279 19 3,298 #116
1964 4,149 30 4,179 #99
1963 4,562 26 4,588 #95
1962 4,879 22 4,901 #94
1961 5,551 20 5,571 #89
1960 5,881 28 5,909 #80
1959 6,337 32 6,369 #76
1958 6,785 20 6,805 #68
1957 7,584 31 7,615 #60
1956 8,080 25 8,105 #52
1955 8,557 32 8,589 #46
1954 9,521 29 9,550 #40
1953 9,774 29 9,803 #37
1952 10,278 25 10,303 #37
1951 9,403 22 9,425 #39
1950 8,860 28 8,888 #40
1949 9,206 39 9,245 #36
1948 9,275 19 9,294 #37
1947 11,277 26 11,303 #30
1946 11,218 29 11,247 #28
1945 10,394 24 10,418 #25
1944 11,920 53 11,973 #22
1943 13,232 53 13,285 #21
1942 14,514 67 14,581 #18
1941 13,380 75 13,455 #17
1940 13,292 63 13,355 #14
1939 14,143 65 14,208 #11
1938 14,303 71 14,374 #10
1937 15,301 88 15,389 #9
1936 17,072 80 17,152 #7
1935 18,220 90 18,310 #7
1934 19,465 85 19,550 #7
1933 19,294 64 19,358 #5
1932 21,044 88 21,132 #5
1931 19,119 81 19,200 #5
1930 15,478 68 15,546 #8
1929 11,666 55 11,721 #13
1928 7,854 36 7,890 #27
1927 6,032 33 6,065 #41
1926 4,995 27 5,022 #51
1925 4,030 27 4,057 #66
1924 3,023 15 3,038 #95
1923 2,304 18 2,322 #117
1922 2,010 16 2,026 #127
1921 1,790 11 1,801 #142
1920 1,647 16 1,663 #143
1919 1,247 16 1,263 #174
1918 1,384 9 1,393 #160
1917 1,048 13 1,061 #182
1916 823 10 833 #212
1915 784 7 791 #210
1914 578 6 584 #217
1913 411 — 411 #238
1912 317 5 322 #250
1911 233 7 240 #254
1910 196 — 196 #277
1909 142 — 142 #303
1908 104 — 104 #354
1907 109 — 109 #336
1906 94 — 94 #342
1905 104 — 104 #332
1904 73 — 73 #388
1903 63 5 68 #400
1902 65 — 65 #387
1901 52 — 52 #416
1900 57 — 57 #445
1899 28 — 28 #583
1898 40 — 40 #487
1897 33 — 33 #514
1896 31 — 31 #544
1895 28 — 28 #565
1894 21 — 21 #648
1893 22 — 22 #621
1892 32 — 32 #484
1891 14 — 14 #728
1890 18 — 18 #623
1889 21 — 21 #560
1888 14 — 14 #694
1887 15 — 15 #591
1886 16 — 16 #557
1885 9 — 9 #748
1884 11 — 11 #647
1883 6 — 6 #820
1882 11 — 11 #568
1881 6 — 6 #744
1880 12 — 12 #508