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.

Joann

#263 most common girls' name of all time · #486 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1891–2025

Rank among girls
#263
Rank overall
#486 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
130 of 146
All-time
157,456
Since 2016
655
Peak year
1942 #58
Best rank
#50 1934
Girls Boys peak 4,518/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Joann first appears in 1891. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 54 54 #3,033
2024 53 53 #3,051
2023 53 5 58 #3,098
2022 78 78 #2,370
2021 56 56 #2,963
2020 63 5 68 #2,660
2019 62 6 68 #2,731
2018 75 75 #2,406
2017 75 75 #2,405
2016 70 70 #2,540
2015 87 87 #2,172
2014 71 71 #2,519
2013 68 68 #2,601
2012 56 6 62 #3,010
2011 73 73 #2,485
2010 74 74 #2,493
2009 98 98 #2,077
2008 87 6 93 #2,255
2007 102 102 #2,005
2006 96 6 102 #2,053
2005 99 5 104 #1,934
2004 116 9 125 #1,669
2003 125 8 133 #1,543
2002 117 5 122 #1,586
2001 132 132 #1,428
2000 140 6 146 #1,345
1999 132 132 #1,341
1998 164 7 171 #1,151
1997 172 7 179 #1,092
1996 170 170 #1,088
1995 184 184 #1,007
1994 197 197 #943
1993 219 219 #881
1992 228 228 #865
1991 279 279 #745
1990 312 312 #685
1989 310 310 #660
1988 331 331 #603
1987 355 355 #565
1986 369 369 #552
1985 399 399 #508
1984 451 8 459 #464
1983 448 5 453 #457
1982 509 6 515 #430
1981 506 506 #426
1980 599 599 #385
1979 635 635 #357
1978 586 5 591 #364
1977 726 726 #324
1976 801 801 #287
1975 938 7 945 #258
1974 1,058 1,058 #242
1973 1,040 1,040 #244
1972 1,101 6 1,107 #247
1971 1,380 8 1,388 #220
1970 1,559 11 1,570 #205
1969 1,634 8 1,642 #196
1968 1,676 15 1,691 #190
1967 1,794 1,794 #178
1966 2,117 11 2,128 #164
1965 2,395 11 2,406 #158
1964 2,736 5 2,741 #148
1963 2,652 13 2,665 #151
1962 3,112 6 3,118 #137
1961 3,350 10 3,360 #137
1960 3,409 15 3,424 #131
1959 3,459 7 3,466 #130
1958 3,700 9 3,709 #122
1957 3,057 6 3,063 #137
1956 3,003 8 3,011 #139
1955 2,936 2,936 #136
1954 3,063 7 3,070 #129
1953 3,171 5 3,176 #121
1952 3,266 5 3,271 #116
1951 3,422 6 3,428 #104
1950 3,600 8 3,608 #98
1949 3,523 7 3,530 #101
1948 3,799 9 3,808 #94
1947 4,276 7 4,283 #89
1946 3,945 14 3,959 #90
1945 3,465 12 3,477 #80
1944 3,973 18 3,991 #65
1943 4,464 12 4,476 #60
1942 4,506 12 4,518 #58
1941 4,275 15 4,290 #58
1940 3,789 21 3,810 #63
1939 3,994 17 4,011 #57
1938 3,710 13 3,723 #68
1937 3,936 15 3,951 #58
1936 3,886 12 3,898 #55
1935 3,913 14 3,927 #53
1934 4,149 21 4,170 #50
1933 3,209 11 3,220 #72
1932 3,115 14 3,129 #79
1931 2,655 11 2,666 #90
1930 2,131 6 2,137 #118
1929 1,550 6 1,556 #144
1928 1,001 1,001 #201
1927 784 784 #226
1926 622 5 627 #267
1925 470 470 #305
1924 386 386 #344
1923 257 257 #418
1922 206 206 #480
1921 153 153 #586
1920 143 143 #601
1919 93 93 #726
1918 113 113 #676
1917 90 90 #744
1916 72 72 #808
1915 65 65 #816
1914 58 58 #764
1913 31 31 #975
1912 23 23 #1,105
1911 28 28 #822
1910 20 20 #989
1909 15 15 #1,089
1908 16 16 #1,033
1907 9 9 #1,473
1906 13 13 #1,089
1905 5 5 #2,064
1904 8 8 #1,440
1903 10 10 #1,190
1902 11 11 #1,124
1901 6 6 #1,605
1900 9 9 #1,411
1899 6 6 #1,534
1894 5 5 #1,627
1893 5 5 #1,580
1891 6 6 #1,323