Meaning not yet researched.
Joan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 232 in 2025. Its best rank was #619 in 1937.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #619 in 1937; #987 in 2025. About 51% of babies named Joan in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#987 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1937, at #619.
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Joan: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 232 boys in 2025. Peak: #619 in 1937 · most boys in one year: 232 (2025).
In 2025, 232 US boys were named Joan, making it the 987th most common boys’ name of the year, up 29 places from #1,016 in 2024. That is 12 more than the 220 boys named Joan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #619, reached in 1937. The most boys given the name in a single year was 232, in 2025. For comparison, it was #1,127 in 2015 and #1,378 in 1950.
In 2025, 222 US girls were named Joan, making it the 1,087th most common girls’ name of the year, up 153 places from #1,240 in 2024. That is 34 more than the 188 girls named Joan in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #5, reached in 1933. The most girls given the name in a single year was 21,044, in 1932. For comparison, it was #2,001 in 2015 and #40 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Joan in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 12 babies with the name. In all, 488,939 US babies have been given the name, 98% of them girls and 1.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 174,219 babies named Joan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,913 US boys were named Joan; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 232. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,362 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Joan ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #570 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include John (5,204,377 babies since 1880), Jack (759,677 babies since 1880), Jean (483,475 babies since 1880) and Sean (426,606 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Johanne, Joeann and Joyann are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jo and Nonie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Catalan, Dutch, English and Occitan. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Johanne (1,452), Joeann (1,283), Joyann (539), Hannelore (267), Hannie (97), Jjuan (36), Juane (32).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Joan is listed as a nickname for Joanna, Johannah.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 38 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 56 | #570 | #690 |
| Arizona | 9 | #697 | #950 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #731 | — |
| Maryland | 6 | #758 | — |
| California | 33 | #780 | #834 |
| Florida | 18 | #828 | #933 |
| Virginia | 7 | #924 | — |
| Georgia | 9 | #955 | #951 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #975 | #914 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #982 | — |
| New York | 11 | #1,080 | #1,193 |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,206 | #1,055 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,382 | #1,036 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 222 | #1,087 | 232 | #987 |
| 2024 | 188 | #1,240 | 220 | #1,016 |
| 2023 | 165 | #1,365 | 200 | #1,079 |
| 2022 | 161 | #1,413 | 201 | #1,088 |
| 2021 | 158 | #1,387 | 185 | #1,112 |
| 2020 | 137 | #1,547 | 172 | #1,135 |
| 2019 | 134 | #1,591 | 165 | #1,175 |
| 2018 | 118 | #1,747 | 178 | #1,104 |
| 2017 | 128 | #1,680 | 172 | #1,117 |
| 2016 | 112 | #1,846 | 188 | #1,052 |
| 2015 | 99 | #2,001 | 170 | #1,127 |
| 2014 | 75 | #2,430 | 150 | #1,220 |
| 2013 | 72 | #2,496 | 168 | #1,103 |
| 2012 | 79 | #2,365 | 140 | #1,261 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,780 | 144 | #1,212 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,853 | 150 | #1,198 |
| 2009 | 70 | #2,627 | 178 | #1,060 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,704 | 173 | #1,083 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,728 | 217 | #913 |
| 2006 | 80 | #2,360 | 188 | #990 |
| 2005 | 105 | #1,852 | 173 | #997 |
| 2004 | 94 | #1,977 | 161 | #1,021 |
| 2003 | 104 | #1,806 | 139 | #1,106 |
| 2002 | 111 | #1,659 | 221 | #782 |
| 2001 | 141 | #1,357 | 186 | #865 |
| 2000 | 163 | #1,221 | 170 | #912 |
| 1999 | 125 | #1,411 | 92 | #1,316 |
| 1998 | 129 | #1,356 | 91 | #1,307 |
| 1997 | 144 | #1,241 | 113 | #1,122 |
| 1996 | 135 | #1,281 | 66 | #1,525 |
| 1995 | 161 | #1,103 | 41 | #2,043 |
| 1994 | 171 | #1,063 | 43 | #1,947 |
| 1993 | 214 | #904 | 46 | #1,838 |
| 1992 | 252 | #800 | 43 | #1,896 |
| 1991 | 256 | #801 | 38 | #1,999 |
| 1990 | 271 | #763 | 46 | #1,742 |
| 1989 | 280 | #707 | 36 | #2,008 |
| 1988 | 280 | #688 | 37 | #1,832 |
| 1987 | 281 | #665 | 33 | #1,915 |
| 1986 | 284 | #647 | 26 | #2,189 |
| 1985 | 316 | #601 | 23 | #2,324 |
| 1984 | 327 | #565 | 19 | #2,574 |
| 1983 | 347 | #540 | 15 | #2,993 |
| 1982 | 360 | #539 | 23 | #2,235 |
| 1981 | 403 | #499 | 17 | #2,722 |
| 1980 | 422 | #491 | 18 | #2,670 |
| 1979 | 401 | #502 | 14 | #3,079 |
| 1978 | 419 | #472 | 14 | #2,985 |
| 1977 | 433 | #456 | 15 | #2,839 |
| 1976 | 462 | #433 | 13 | #3,011 |
| 1975 | 550 | #378 | 10 | #3,535 |
| 1974 | 577 | #371 | 17 | #2,402 |
| 1973 | 579 | #367 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1972 | 729 | #322 | 14 | #2,591 |
| 1971 | 1,022 | #280 | 17 | #2,322 |
| 1970 | 1,308 | #240 | 15 | #2,444 |
| 1969 | 1,566 | #200 | 14 | #2,360 |
| 1968 | 1,783 | #182 | 30 | #1,445 |
| 1967 | 2,305 | #149 | 15 | #2,081 |
| 1966 | 2,721 | #133 | 17 | #1,924 |
| 1965 | 3,279 | #116 | 19 | #1,835 |
| 1964 | 4,149 | #99 | 30 | #1,450 |
| 1963 | 4,562 | #95 | 26 | #1,562 |
| 1962 | 4,879 | #94 | 22 | #1,732 |
| 1961 | 5,551 | #89 | 20 | #1,845 |
| 1960 | 5,881 | #80 | 28 | #1,538 |
| 1959 | 6,337 | #76 | 32 | #1,395 |
| 1958 | 6,785 | #68 | 20 | #1,804 |
| 1957 | 7,584 | #60 | 31 | #1,418 |
| 1956 | 8,080 | #52 | 25 | #1,589 |
| 1955 | 8,557 | #46 | 32 | #1,353 |
| 1954 | 9,521 | #40 | 29 | #1,422 |
| 1953 | 9,774 | #37 | 29 | #1,419 |
| 1952 | 10,278 | #37 | 25 | #1,532 |
| 1951 | 9,403 | #39 | 22 | #1,621 |
| 1950 | 8,860 | #40 | 28 | #1,378 |
| 1949 | 9,206 | #36 | 39 | #1,137 |
| 1948 | 9,275 | #37 | 19 | #1,736 |
| 1947 | 11,277 | #30 | 26 | #1,465 |
| 1946 | 11,218 | #28 | 29 | #1,315 |
| 1945 | 10,394 | #25 | 24 | #1,360 |
| 1944 | 11,920 | #22 | 53 | #872 |
| 1943 | 13,232 | #21 | 53 | #919 |
| 1942 | 14,514 | #18 | 67 | #788 |
| 1941 | 13,380 | #17 | 75 | #716 |
| 1940 | 13,292 | #14 | 63 | #785 |
| 1939 | 14,143 | #11 | 65 | #751 |
| 1938 | 14,303 | #10 | 71 | #726 |
| 1937 | 15,301 | #9 | 88 | #619 |
| 1936 | 17,072 | #7 | 80 | #658 |
| 1935 | 18,220 | #7 | 90 | #619 |
| 1934 | 19,465 | #7 | 85 | #656 |
| 1933 | 19,294 | #5 | 64 | #765 |
| 1932 | 21,044 | #5 | 88 | #645 |
| 1931 | 19,119 | #5 | 81 | #666 |
| 1930 | 15,478 | #8 | 68 | #780 |
| 1929 | 11,666 | #13 | 55 | #909 |
| 1928 | 7,854 | #27 | 36 | #1,201 |
| 1927 | 6,032 | #41 | 33 | #1,284 |
| 1926 | 4,995 | #51 | 27 | #1,419 |
| 1925 | 4,030 | #66 | 27 | #1,436 |
| 1924 | 3,023 | #95 | 15 | #2,170 |
| 1923 | 2,304 | #117 | 18 | #1,906 |
| 1922 | 2,010 | #127 | 16 | #2,098 |
| 1921 | 1,790 | #142 | 11 | #2,712 |
| 1920 | 1,647 | #143 | 16 | #2,094 |
| 1919 | 1,247 | #174 | 16 | #2,017 |
| 1918 | 1,384 | #160 | 9 | #2,990 |
| 1917 | 1,048 | #182 | 13 | #2,234 |
| 1916 | 823 | #212 | 10 | #2,639 |
| 1915 | 784 | #210 | 7 | #3,226 |
| 1914 | 578 | #217 | 6 | #3,085 |
| 1913 | 411 | #239 | — | — |
| 1912 | 317 | #250 | 5 | #2,722 |
| 1911 | 233 | #254 | 7 | #1,470 |
| 1910 | 196 | #277 | — | — |
| 1909 | 142 | #303 | — | — |
| 1908 | 104 | #354 | — | — |
| 1907 | 109 | #336 | — | — |
| 1906 | 94 | #343 | — | — |
| 1905 | 104 | #332 | — | — |
| 1904 | 73 | #387 | — | — |
| 1903 | 63 | #402 | 5 | #1,210 |
| 1902 | 65 | #388 | — | — |
| 1901 | 52 | #418 | — | — |
| 1900 | 57 | #443 | — | — |
| 1899 | 28 | #584 | — | — |
| 1898 | 40 | #487 | — | — |
| 1897 | 33 | #516 | — | — |
| 1896 | 31 | #541 | — | — |
| 1895 | 28 | #569 | — | — |
| 1894 | 21 | #651 | — | — |
| 1893 | 22 | #619 | — | — |
| 1892 | 32 | #484 | — | — |
| 1891 | 14 | #736 | — | — |
| 1890 | 18 | #628 | — | — |
| 1889 | 21 | #562 | — | — |
| 1888 | 14 | #704 | — | — |
| 1887 | 15 | #600 | — | — |
| 1886 | 16 | #563 | — | — |
| 1885 | 9 | #772 | — | — |
| 1884 | 11 | #661 | — | — |
| 1883 | 6 | #867 | — | — |
| 1882 | 11 | #582 | — | — |
| 1881 | 6 | #784 | — | — |
| 1880 | 12 | #508 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).