girls:
211.8k births since 1888
#185 (97th percentile)
boys:
504 births since 1928
#4082 (11th percentile)
overall:
212.3k births since 1888
#368 (95th percentile)
The name Joanne is the #368 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 212,328 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 95.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 95.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #185 (96.8% percentile) for all time with 211,824 births since 1888. For boys, it ranks #4,082 (10.9% percentile) for all time with 504 births since 1928.
Joanne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for girls and 1928 for boys). Birth data for Joanne is available in 124 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (124 years for girls and 48 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 Joanne has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Joanne reached its peak popularity in 1935, achieving the 92.5% percentile (ranked #44) with 4,201 births per million. The name was most common in 1935, with 4,201 births per million (ranked 92.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Joanne ranks #885 for girls (6.6% percentile) with 38 births per million, which is 0.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Joanne reached its peak popularity in 1937, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #507) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Joanne".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Joanne", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 14 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Joan" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Joan..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Joanne. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Joanne is pronounced as joh-AN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JOH-an, at 24.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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