Meaning not yet researched.
Joanne: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 66 in 2025. Its best rank was #44 in 1935.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #44 in 1935; #2,630 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Joanne in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,630 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1935, at #44.
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Joanne: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 66 girls in 2025. Peak: #44 in 1935 · most girls in one year: 6,062 (1947).
In 2025, 66 US girls were named Joanne, making it the 2,630th most common girls’ name of the year, down 33 places from #2,597 in 2024. That is 2 fewer than the 68 girls named Joanne in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #44, reached in 1935. The most girls given the name in a single year was 6,062, in 1947. For comparison, it was #2,020 in 2015 and #67 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Joanne in 126 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1888 with 5 babies. In all, 212,474 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 53,639 babies named Joanne.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 820 US girls were named Joanne; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 109. In 2025 that was about 1 in 24,353 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Joanne ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #1,305 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Joan (488,939 babies since 1880), Joann (157,456 babies since 1880), Joanna (112,067 babies since 1880) and Johanna (54,376 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Joyanne and Joeanne are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jo.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Joyanne (276), Joeanne (137).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,305 | — |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,308 | — |
| California | 11 | #1,889 | #1,222 |
| Texas | 9 | #2,295 | #2,471 |
| Florida | 5 | #2,306 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,630 | — | — |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,597 | — | — |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,534 | — | — |
| 2022 | 81 | #2,308 | — | — |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,521 | — | — |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,428 | — | — |
| 2019 | 99 | #1,965 | — | — |
| 2018 | 90 | #2,123 | — | — |
| 2017 | 109 | #1,870 | — | — |
| 2016 | 95 | #2,073 | — | — |
| 2015 | 98 | #2,020 | — | — |
| 2014 | 114 | #1,800 | — | — |
| 2013 | 95 | #2,040 | — | — |
| 2012 | 102 | #1,932 | — | — |
| 2011 | 93 | #2,076 | — | — |
| 2010 | 103 | #1,951 | — | — |
| 2009 | 110 | #1,907 | — | — |
| 2008 | 129 | #1,724 | — | — |
| 2007 | 149 | #1,541 | — | — |
| 2006 | 141 | #1,550 | — | — |
| 2005 | 148 | #1,439 | — | — |
| 2004 | 184 | #1,214 | — | — |
| 2003 | 177 | #1,206 | — | — |
| 2002 | 174 | #1,183 | — | — |
| 2001 | 188 | #1,124 | — | — |
| 2000 | 226 | #944 | — | — |
| 1999 | 211 | #981 | — | — |
| 1998 | 236 | #893 | — | — |
| 1997 | 248 | #837 | — | — |
| 1996 | 264 | #788 | 5 | #9,706 |
| 1995 | 274 | #745 | — | — |
| 1994 | 286 | #729 | — | — |
| 1993 | 338 | #659 | — | — |
| 1992 | 328 | #672 | — | — |
| 1991 | 397 | #581 | — | — |
| 1990 | 418 | #562 | 5 | #8,747 |
| 1989 | 461 | #509 | — | — |
| 1988 | 431 | #511 | — | — |
| 1987 | 466 | #468 | — | — |
| 1986 | 459 | #468 | 7 | #5,615 |
| 1985 | 525 | #420 | 7 | #5,423 |
| 1984 | 511 | #415 | 8 | #4,757 |
| 1983 | 565 | #389 | — | — |
| 1982 | 632 | #368 | — | — |
| 1981 | 678 | #345 | — | — |
| 1980 | 702 | #344 | — | — |
| 1979 | 757 | #317 | — | — |
| 1978 | 732 | #315 | — | — |
| 1977 | 917 | #271 | 5 | #6,312 |
| 1976 | 945 | #249 | — | — |
| 1975 | 1,137 | #217 | 6 | #5,100 |
| 1974 | 1,254 | #202 | 7 | #4,380 |
| 1973 | 1,299 | #197 | — | — |
| 1972 | 1,347 | #207 | 6 | #4,705 |
| 1971 | 1,655 | #188 | — | — |
| 1970 | 1,954 | #170 | 10 | #3,169 |
| 1969 | 2,080 | #156 | 9 | #3,190 |
| 1968 | 2,133 | #154 | 11 | #2,655 |
| 1967 | 2,340 | #147 | 9 | #2,866 |
| 1966 | 2,727 | #132 | 9 | #2,877 |
| 1965 | 3,148 | #121 | 11 | #2,544 |
| 1964 | 3,575 | #116 | 7 | #3,441 |
| 1963 | 3,858 | #114 | 6 | #3,825 |
| 1962 | 4,011 | #114 | 12 | #2,442 |
| 1961 | 4,616 | #102 | — | — |
| 1960 | 4,875 | #99 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1959 | 5,347 | #92 | 10 | #2,730 |
| 1958 | 5,928 | #80 | 10 | #2,721 |
| 1957 | 5,110 | #94 | 13 | #2,323 |
| 1956 | 4,671 | #99 | 7 | #3,363 |
| 1955 | 4,987 | #88 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1954 | 5,435 | #78 | — | — |
| 1953 | 5,890 | #71 | 5 | #4,077 |
| 1952 | 5,351 | #78 | 8 | #2,977 |
| 1951 | 5,358 | #73 | — | — |
| 1950 | 5,491 | #67 | 6 | #3,495 |
| 1949 | 5,746 | #61 | 9 | #2,703 |
| 1948 | 5,499 | #65 | 12 | #2,272 |
| 1947 | 6,062 | #56 | 11 | #2,437 |
| 1946 | 5,506 | #57 | 5 | #3,765 |
| 1945 | 4,618 | #53 | 16 | #1,731 |
| 1944 | 4,529 | #55 | 11 | #2,253 |
| 1943 | 5,270 | #49 | 11 | #2,339 |
| 1942 | 5,342 | #48 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 1941 | 4,665 | #54 | 8 | #2,766 |
| 1940 | 4,418 | #54 | 17 | #1,714 |
| 1939 | 4,225 | #53 | 19 | #1,555 |
| 1938 | 4,250 | #57 | 12 | #2,132 |
| 1937 | 4,333 | #51 | 22 | #1,472 |
| 1936 | 4,305 | #48 | 17 | #1,684 |
| 1935 | 4,565 | #44 | 18 | #1,686 |
| 1934 | 4,543 | #45 | 19 | #1,639 |
| 1933 | 3,719 | #56 | 15 | #1,872 |
| 1932 | 3,730 | #62 | 12 | #2,252 |
| 1931 | 3,757 | #68 | 11 | #2,394 |
| 1930 | 3,154 | #81 | 10 | #2,696 |
| 1929 | 2,497 | #101 | — | — |
| 1928 | 1,649 | #142 | 8 | #3,229 |
| 1927 | 1,159 | #181 | — | — |
| 1926 | 944 | #206 | — | — |
| 1925 | 636 | #262 | — | — |
| 1924 | 475 | #306 | — | — |
| 1923 | 342 | #359 | — | — |
| 1922 | 248 | #422 | — | — |
| 1921 | 233 | #453 | — | — |
| 1920 | 208 | #471 | — | — |
| 1919 | 144 | #583 | — | — |
| 1918 | 171 | #537 | — | — |
| 1917 | 114 | #637 | — | — |
| 1916 | 118 | #624 | — | — |
| 1915 | 84 | #727 | — | — |
| 1914 | 55 | #782 | — | — |
| 1913 | 52 | #729 | — | — |
| 1912 | 35 | #853 | — | — |
| 1911 | 24 | #887 | — | — |
| 1910 | 28 | #822 | — | — |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,032 | — | — |
| 1908 | 19 | #927 | — | — |
| 1907 | 19 | #885 | — | — |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,036 | — | — |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,421 | — | — |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,259 | — | — |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,380 | — | — |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,711 | — | — |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,352 | — | — |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,378 | — | — |
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).