Feminine dossier · first seen 1891

Joann

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

Endangered Down 98.8% from peak

Peak era

1942

Peak rank proxy

4,506

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1891Peak 19422024

Peak year

1942

Decline from peak

98.8%

2024

All-time

156,833

Joann 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 1942, when 4,506 girls were named Joann.

In 2024, only 52 girls were given the name.

Down 98.8% from its peak.

All told, about 156,833 Americans have been named Joann and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1891.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.8% from peak

19424,506 girls named Joann

202452 girls named Joann

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