Joan
Rank in 2025
#1085
recorded as girls
#984
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
454
girls 222 · boys 232
Peak year
1932
21,044 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
488,939
since 1880
Born a Joan? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Joan was most popular in 1932, when 21,044 babies recorded as girls got the name (19.7 per 1,000). In 2025, 232 babies were named Joan, ranking #984 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 52%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 222 | 1085 | 232 | 984 |
| 2024 | 188 | 1240 | 220 | 1013 |
| 2023 | 165 | 1361 | 200 | 1079 |
| 2022 | 161 | 1412 | 201 | 1084 |
| 2021 | 158 | 1384 | 185 | 1112 |
| 2020 | 137 | 1545 | 172 | 1134 |
| 2019 | 134 | 1585 | 165 | 1171 |
| 2018 | 118 | 1741 | 178 | 1101 |
| 2017 | 128 | 1677 | 172 | 1116 |
| 2016 | 112 | 1841 | 188 | 1049 |
| 2015 | 99 | 1996 | 170 | 1124 |
| 2014 | 75 | 2412 | 150 | 1218 |
| 2013 | 72 | 2484 | 168 | 1100 |
| 2012 | 79 | 2356 | 140 | 1258 |
| 2011 | 63 | 2763 | 144 | 1212 |
| 2010 | 61 | 2841 | 150 | 1195 |
| 2009 | 70 | 2614 | 178 | 1059 |
| 2008 | 68 | 2690 | 173 | 1081 |
| 2007 | 67 | 2710 | 217 | 912 |
| 2006 | 80 | 2353 | 188 | 985 |
| 2005 | 105 | 1849 | 173 | 995 |
| 2004 | 94 | 1972 | 161 | 1016 |
| 2003 | 104 | 1802 | 139 | 1103 |
| 2002 | 111 | 1654 | 221 | 781 |
| 2001 | 141 | 1356 | 186 | 863 |
| 2000 | 163 | 1217 | 170 | 911 |
| 1999 | 125 | 1408 | 92 | 1311 |
| 1998 | 129 | 1355 | 91 | 1301 |
| 1997 | 144 | 1240 | 113 | 1116 |
| 1996 | 135 | 1279 | 66 | 1517 |
| 1995 | 161 | 1100 | 41 | 2026 |
| 1994 | 171 | 1061 | 43 | 1927 |
| 1993 | 214 | 902 | 46 | 1824 |
| 1992 | 252 | 800 | 43 | 1884 |
| 1991 | 256 | 800 | 38 | 1983 |
| 1990 | 271 | 761 | 46 | 1730 |
| 1989 | 280 | 707 | 36 | 1993 |
| 1988 | 280 | 685 | 37 | 1815 |
| 1987 | 281 | 664 | 33 | 1896 |
| 1986 | 284 | 647 | 26 | 2161 |
| 1985 | 316 | 601 | 23 | 2293 |
| 1984 | 327 | 565 | 19 | 2529 |
| 1983 | 347 | 540 | 15 | 2912 |
| 1982 | 360 | 539 | 23 | 2207 |
| 1981 | 403 | 499 | 17 | 2680 |
| 1980 | 422 | 490 | 18 | 2617 |
| 1979 | 401 | 502 | 14 | 3018 |
| 1978 | 419 | 471 | 14 | 2929 |
| 1977 | 433 | 456 | 15 | 2791 |
| 1976 | 462 | 433 | 13 | 2946 |
| 1975 | 550 | 378 | 10 | 3428 |
| 1974 | 577 | 371 | 17 | 2358 |
| 1973 | 579 | 367 | 11 | 3013 |
| 1972 | 729 | 322 | 14 | 2534 |
| 1971 | 1,022 | 280 | 17 | 2279 |
| 1970 | 1,308 | 240 | 15 | 2399 |
| 1969 | 1,566 | 200 | 14 | 2308 |
| 1968 | 1,783 | 182 | 30 | 1428 |
| 1967 | 2,305 | 149 | 15 | 2030 |
| 1966 | 2,721 | 133 | 17 | 1891 |
| 1965 | 3,279 | 116 | 19 | 1806 |
| 1964 | 4,149 | 99 | 30 | 1435 |
| 1963 | 4,562 | 95 | 26 | 1548 |
| 1962 | 4,879 | 94 | 22 | 1713 |
| 1961 | 5,551 | 89 | 20 | 1823 |
| 1960 | 5,881 | 80 | 28 | 1523 |
| 1959 | 6,337 | 76 | 32 | 1387 |
| 1958 | 6,785 | 68 | 20 | 1766 |
| 1957 | 7,584 | 60 | 31 | 1411 |
| 1956 | 8,080 | 52 | 25 | 1568 |
| 1955 | 8,557 | 46 | 32 | 1339 |
| 1954 | 9,521 | 40 | 29 | 1408 |
| 1953 | 9,774 | 37 | 29 | 1408 |
| 1952 | 10,278 | 37 | 25 | 1517 |
| 1951 | 9,403 | 39 | 22 | 1598 |
| 1950 | 8,860 | 40 | 28 | 1364 |
| 1949 | 9,206 | 36 | 39 | 1128 |
| 1948 | 9,275 | 37 | 19 | 1703 |
| 1947 | 11,277 | 30 | 26 | 1449 |
| 1946 | 11,218 | 28 | 29 | 1299 |
| 1945 | 10,394 | 25 | 24 | 1349 |
| 1944 | 11,920 | 22 | 53 | 870 |
| 1943 | 13,232 | 21 | 53 | 917 |
| 1942 | 14,514 | 18 | 67 | 786 |
| 1941 | 13,380 | 17 | 75 | 713 |
| 1940 | 13,292 | 14 | 63 | 782 |
| 1939 | 14,143 | 11 | 65 | 745 |
| 1938 | 14,303 | 10 | 71 | 724 |
| 1937 | 15,301 | 9 | 88 | 619 |
| 1936 | 17,072 | 7 | 80 | 653 |
| 1935 | 18,220 | 7 | 90 | 618 |
| 1934 | 19,465 | 7 | 85 | 655 |
| 1933 | 19,294 | 5 | 64 | 762 |
| 1932 | 21,044 | 5 | 88 | 644 |
| 1931 | 19,119 | 5 | 81 | 664 |
| 1930 | 15,478 | 8 | 68 | 777 |
| 1929 | 11,666 | 13 | 55 | 900 |
| 1928 | 7,854 | 27 | 36 | 1188 |
| 1927 | 6,032 | 41 | 33 | 1267 |
| 1926 | 4,995 | 51 | 27 | 1404 |
| 1925 | 4,030 | 66 | 27 | 1425 |
| 1924 | 3,023 | 95 | 15 | 2132 |
| 1923 | 2,304 | 117 | 18 | 1874 |
| 1922 | 2,010 | 127 | 16 | 2040 |
| 1921 | 1,790 | 142 | 11 | 2632 |
| 1920 | 1,647 | 143 | 16 | 2052 |
| 1919 | 1,247 | 174 | 16 | 1973 |
| 1918 | 1,384 | 160 | 9 | 2882 |
| 1917 | 1,048 | 182 | 13 | 2188 |
| 1916 | 823 | 211 | 10 | 2543 |
| 1915 | 784 | 210 | 7 | 3082 |
| 1914 | 578 | 217 | 6 | 2915 |
| 1913 | 411 | 238 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 317 | 250 | 5 | 2544 |
| 1911 | 233 | 254 | 7 | 1387 |
| 1910 | 196 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 142 | 302 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 104 | 353 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 109 | 335 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 94 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 104 | 332 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 73 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 63 | 400 | 5 | 1130 |
| 1902 | 65 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 52 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 57 | 440 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 28 | 578 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 40 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 33 | 509 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 31 | 538 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 28 | 565 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 21 | 643 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 22 | 614 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 32 | 479 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 14 | 727 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 18 | 617 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 21 | 555 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 14 | 690 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 15 | 586 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 16 | 556 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 9 | 745 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 11 | 640 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 6 | 817 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 11 | 560 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 6 | 740 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 12 | 492 | <5 | — |
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Where Joan is most popular
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- Illinois1.4×
- New York1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 98% · boys 2% across all years