Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Joan

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Joan
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.1% from peak

Peak era

1932

Peak rank proxy

21,044

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19322024

Peak year

1932

Decline from peak

99.1%

2024

188

All-time

481,016

Joan once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1932, when 21,044 girls were named Joan.

In 2024, only 188 girls were given the name.

Down 99.1% from its peak.

All told, about 481,016 Americans have been named Joan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.1% from peak

193221,044 girls named Joan

2024188 girls named Joan

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