Joann

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)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Joann".

1891 2023 18912023

Key Statistics

Total Births
156,776
Peak Births
4,506
Peak Year
1934
First Recorded
1891
Peak Percentile
91.3%
Current Percentile
5.0%
Peak Rank
#50
Current Rank
#900
Female statistics
Total Births
564
Peak Births
21
Peak Year
1940
First Recorded
1926
Peak Percentile
3.1%
Current Percentile
0.0%
Peak Rank
#507
Current Rank
#911
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Joann

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Joann. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 44.4% confident that Joann is pronounced as joh-AN. The next most likely pronunciation is JOH-an, at 25.9% confidence.

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joh-AN (2 syllables)
Verified
44.4% confidence
JH OW0 AE1 N
JOH-an (2 syllables)
25.9% confidence
JH OW1 AE0 N
JOH-AN (2 syllables)
Verified
22.2% confidence
JH OW1 AE1 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Joann. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Joann, please vote using the thumbs up button.

joh-HAHN (2 syllables)
6 names 20.7k births
JH OW0 HH AA1 N
JOH-huhn (2 syllables)
4 names 19.1k births
JH OW1 HH AH0 N

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like JH OW0 AE1 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.