girls:
156.8k births since 1891
#254 (96th percentile)
boys:
564 births since 1926
#4022 (12th percentile)
overall:
157.3k births since 1891
#479 (94th percentile)
The name Joann is the #479 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 157,340 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 93.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 93.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #254 (95.6% percentile) for all time with 156,776 births since 1891. For boys, it ranks #4,022 (12.2% percentile) for all time with 564 births since 1926.
Joann first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (1891 for girls and 1926 for boys). Birth data for Joann is available in 128 out of the 133 years between 1891 and 2023 (128 years for girls and 61 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Joann has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 91.2% of babies named Joann were girls.
For girls, Joann reached its peak popularity in 1934, achieving the 91.3% percentile (ranked #50) with 3,833 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 3,833 births per million (ranked 91.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Joann ranks #900 for girls (5.0% percentile) with 30 births per million, which is 0.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Joann reached its peak popularity in 1940, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #509) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Joann ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 13.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Joann".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Joann. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Joann is pronounced as joh-AN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JOH-an, at 25.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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