Girls' name · peaked in 1935
Joanne name popularity since 1925
210,034 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Joanne. Half of them were born in 1951 or earlier, so the typical Joanne is about 75 years old in 2026. Joanne peaked in 1935 as the #44 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 210,034
- Named Joanne, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,630 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 209,530 girls · 504 boys
- Most popular in
- Massachusetts
- 3.16× its national share
Peak year is the year Joanne made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Joanne births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Joanne peaked in 1935.
- Fastest rise: Between 1925 and 1930, Joanne became 5.4× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1973 and 1978, its share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 1,120 to 1 in 2,090.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Joanne's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Joanne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Joanne in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 6,885 | 8 | – |
| 1930s | 40,581 | 155 | #44 |
| 1940s | 51,655 | 121 | #53 |
| 1950s | 53,568 | 71 | #88 |
| 1960s | 33,363 | 83 | #121 |
| 1970s | 11,997 | 34 | #217 |
| 1980s | 5,430 | 22 | #420 |
| 1990s | 3,000 | 10 | #745 |
| 2000s | 1,626 | 0 | #1,439 |
| 2010s | 998 | 0 | #2,020 |
| 2020–25 | 427 | 0 | #2,630 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.4% of babies named Joanne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Joanne is most popular
The index compares Joanne's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Joanne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 3.16× | 15,717 |
| Vermont | 2.50× | 871 |
| Rhode Island | 2.38× | 1,759 |
| Pennsylvania | 2.22× | 23,552 |
| New York | 2.13× | 33,727 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Joanne and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Joanne (this page) | 209,530 | 1935 |
| Joann | 155,030 | 1934 |
| Johanne | 1,385 | 1939 |
| Joane | 1,178 | 1935 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Joanne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Joanne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Joanne (1935).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data