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.

Joanna

#346 most common girls' name of all time · #639 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#346
Rank overall
#639 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
112,067
Since 2016
11,500
Peak year
1984 #88
Best rank
#88 1984
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 3,353/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Joanna 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 997 — 997 #306
2024 945 — 945 #329
2023 918 — 918 #339
2022 1,002 — 1,002 #321
2021 1,101 — 1,101 #290
2020 1,176 — 1,176 #256
2019 1,281 — 1,281 #254
2018 1,454 — 1,454 #213
2017 1,352 — 1,352 #234
2016 1,274 — 1,274 #247
2015 1,065 — 1,065 #305
2014 1,022 5 1,027 #324
2013 945 — 945 #342
2012 974 — 974 #323
2011 976 — 976 #323
2010 1,066 — 1,066 #305
2009 1,106 5 1,111 #301
2008 1,194 — 1,194 #283
2007 1,392 — 1,392 #252
2006 1,289 — 1,289 #256
2005 1,167 — 1,167 #284
2004 1,280 8 1,288 #251
2003 1,303 6 1,309 #252
2002 1,335 — 1,335 #239
2001 1,555 5 1,560 #206
2000 1,349 — 1,349 #238
1999 1,327 7 1,334 #237
1998 1,281 — 1,281 #240
1997 1,409 — 1,409 #208
1996 1,405 — 1,405 #209
1995 1,597 8 1,605 #185
1994 1,624 7 1,631 #183
1993 1,638 11 1,649 #177
1992 1,825 14 1,839 #167
1991 1,951 11 1,962 #152
1990 2,230 11 2,241 #138
1989 2,116 16 2,132 #142
1988 2,206 15 2,221 #131
1987 2,056 20 2,076 #133
1986 2,227 20 2,247 #126
1985 2,772 23 2,795 #99
1984 3,332 21 3,353 #88
1983 2,120 7 2,127 #139
1982 1,834 14 1,848 #161
1981 1,828 10 1,838 #154
1980 1,725 8 1,733 #163
1979 1,388 10 1,398 #193
1978 1,349 7 1,356 #190
1977 1,565 — 1,565 #173
1976 1,718 7 1,725 #152
1975 1,699 6 1,705 #158
1974 1,772 7 1,779 #155
1973 1,664 — 1,664 #166
1972 1,423 — 1,423 #198
1971 1,372 — 1,372 #222
1970 1,331 5 1,336 #236
1969 1,217 5 1,222 #244
1968 1,036 — 1,036 #261
1967 859 7 866 #292
1966 890 — 890 #284
1965 910 — 910 #293
1964 877 — 877 #315
1963 888 — 888 #313
1962 834 — 834 #324
1961 865 — 865 #321
1960 820 — 820 #329
1959 755 — 755 #348
1958 665 — 665 #358
1957 582 — 582 #375
1956 482 — 482 #413
1955 455 — 455 #414
1954 471 — 471 #400
1953 411 — 411 #430
1952 407 — 407 #424
1951 445 — 445 #388
1950 478 — 478 #362
1949 463 — 463 #366
1948 515 — 515 #342
1947 509 — 509 #356
1946 498 — 498 #332
1945 426 — 426 #333
1944 453 — 453 #317
1943 514 — 514 #307
1942 502 — 502 #308
1941 417 — 417 #321
1940 412 — 412 #314
1939 390 — 390 #313
1938 427 — 427 #304
1937 438 — 438 #298
1936 361 — 361 #324
1935 424 — 424 #293
1934 480 — 480 #281
1933 367 — 367 #327
1932 337 — 337 #345
1931 331 — 331 #351
1930 359 — 359 #352
1929 273 — 273 #402
1928 285 — 285 #397
1927 239 — 239 #449
1926 281 — 281 #406
1925 236 — 236 #453
1924 208 — 208 #483
1923 199 — 199 #491
1922 185 — 185 #513
1921 160 — 160 #567
1920 167 — 167 #553
1919 165 — 165 #532
1918 180 — 180 #511
1917 170 — 170 #507
1916 168 — 168 #501
1915 147 — 147 #514
1914 81 — 81 #643
1913 94 — 94 #527
1912 73 — 73 #564
1911 59 — 59 #550
1910 49 — 49 #593
1909 48 — 48 #553
1908 54 — 54 #493
1907 32 — 32 #666
1906 40 — 40 #556
1905 41 — 41 #536
1904 37 — 37 #546
1903 45 — 45 #478
1902 26 — 26 #648
1901 31 — 31 #549
1900 37 — 37 #567
1899 40 — 40 #462
1898 42 — 42 #475
1897 50 — 50 #414
1896 37 — 37 #478
1895 29 — 29 #548
1894 44 — 44 #418
1893 36 — 36 #439
1892 42 — 42 #409
1891 36 — 36 #414
1890 33 — 33 #446
1889 27 — 27 #475
1888 37 — 37 #403
1887 32 — 32 #378
1886 35 — 35 #362
1885 40 — 40 #321
1884 24 — 24 #409
1883 33 — 33 #311
1882 15 — 15 #475
1881 21 — 21 #361
1880 26 — 26 #313