How Many People Are Named Joann?
people named Joann are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,481 people in the US has this name
Based on 157,456 babies named Joann in Social Security records from 1891 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,518 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of JOAN (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Joann in English. Counting Joann and these spellings together, about 233,870 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Joann (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Joann alive today is about 67 years old, and 75% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 60 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Joann first appears in the records in 1891 and was given most often in 1942, to 4,518 babies. In 2025, 54 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1891 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Joann never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #50, in 1934, and it was in the top 100 in 19 years between 1931 and 1950. In 2025 it ranked #3,049.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,049 |
| Best rank | #50 (1934) |
| Years in the top 100 | 19 (1931 to 1950) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #75 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Joann alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Joann were born in New York than in any other state: about 12,571 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Joann was given 1.9 times as often in Hawaii, 1.8 times in North Dakota and 1.8 times in South Dakota.
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