Joann Girl
How popular is Joann?
#3,028 girl name in 2025
54 baby girls were named Joann in the US in 2025, making it the 3028th most popular girl name.
Joann popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,028 for girls (▲ 19 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 54 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,169 in 2015, #2,659 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1942 (4,506 girls) |
| Highest rank | #50 in 1934 |
| First recorded | 1891 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Joann counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Joanne family of names ranked #1,385 for girls in 2025 (#1,382 the year before), with 120 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Joanne | 66 | 55% |
| Joann | 54 | 45% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Joann is most popular
Babies named Joann per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (9 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Missouri: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 girls)
Joann by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 22 | #1,213 |
| 1900s | 102 | #1,004 |
| 1910s | 593 | #671 |
| 1920s | 5,572 | #144 |
| 1930s | 34,698 | #50 |
| 1940s | 40,015 | #58 |
| 1950s | 32,677 | #98 |
| 1960s | 24,875 | #131 |
| 1970s | 9,824 | #205 |
| 1980s | 4,277 | #385 |
| 1990s | 2,057 | #682 |
| 2000s | 1,112 | #1,342 |
| 2010s | 711 | #2,169 |
| 2020s | 357 | #2,364 |
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Questions
- Is Joann a boy or girl name?
- Joann is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Joann were girls.
- How popular is the name Joann?
- 54 baby girls were named Joann in the US in 2025, making it the 3028th most popular girl name.
- When was Joann most popular?
- Joann peaked in 1942, when 4,506 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #50 in 1934.
- How many people are named Joann?
- 157,456 babies have been named Joann in the US since 1880. We estimate about 100,926 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 70.
- Where is Joann most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Joann was most common in Indiana, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.