Joan Name Popularity

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How popular is Joan?

In 2018 the rare name Joan, ranked the 1,727th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Joan is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity ranking of #5 was reached for the first time in 1931 and as recently as 1933.

The name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1932 with 21,045 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Joan was 6 in 1883.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Joan occurred roughly during the years 1885-1892, 1894-1900, 1901-1905, 1906-1932, and 2011-2017, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1932-1940, 1942-1945, 1961-1976, 1990-1996, and 2003-2007.

Joan became more popular as a boys name in 2000.

For a number of years, the name Joan has remained mostly unchanged in popularity. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Joan for their newborn has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Joan?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The name Joan is still rare but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Joan is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Joan (Girl)		Joan (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		118	1,727	178	1,093
2017		127	1,684	172	1,117
2016		112	1,839	188	1,046
2015		99	1,998	170	1,125
2014		75	2,425	150	1,217
2013		72	2,491	167	1,104
2012		79	2,363	140	1,258
2011		63	2,779	144	1,212
2010		61	2,850	150	1,196
2009		70	2,624	178	1,060
2008		68	2,704	173	1,080
2007		67	2,728	217	913
2006		80	2,359	188	989
2005		105	1,852	173	995
2004		94	1,974	161	1,020
2003		104	1,804	139	1,105
2002		111	1,658	221	782
2001		141	1,355	186	865
2000		163	1,221	170	911
1999		125	1,411	92	1,316
1998		129	1,355	91	1,306
1997		144	1,241	113	1,121
1996		135	1,281	66	1,525
1995		161	1,103	41	2,043
1994		171	1,063	43	1,946
1993		215	897	46	1,837
1992		251	802	43	1,896
1991		256	801	38	1,999
1990		270	763	46	1,740
1989		280	707	36	2,007
1988		280	688	37	1,833
1987		279	667	33	1,916
1986		285	647	26	2,186
1985		316	601	23	2,323
1984		327	565	19	2,575
1983		347	539	15	2,989
1982		361	538	23	2,232
1981		402	499	17	2,722
1980		422	491	18	2,669
1979		401	502	14	3,076
1978		421	470	14	2,984
1977		433	457	15	2,837
1976		461	434	13	3,012
1975		550	378	10	3,534
1974		579	371	17	2,401
1973		579	367	11	3,118
1972		729	322	14	2,589
1971		1,022	280	17	2,321
1970		1,307	241	15	2,444
1969		1,566	200	14	2,359
1968		1,784	182	30	1,444
1967		2,306	149	15	2,083
1966		2,724	132	17	1,923
1965		3,281	116	19	1,834
1964		4,148	99	30	1,449
1963		4,560	95	26	1,564
1962		4,880	95	22	1,733
1961		5,548	89	19	1,909
1960		5,879	80	29	1,500
1959		6,337	76	32	1,393
1958		6,779	68	20	1,803
1957		7,581	60	31	1,420
1956		8,080	52	25	1,588
1955		8,553	47	31	1,386
1954		9,518	40	31	1,369
1953		9,774	37	29	1,419
1952		10,277	37	25	1,533
1951		9,404	39	22	1,621
1950		8,862	40	28	1,379
1949		9,205	36	39	1,137
1948		9,272	37	19	1,735
1947		11,273	30	26	1,465
1946		11,219	28	29	1,315
1945		10,395	25	24	1,360
1944		11,922	22	53	872
1943		13,228	21	53	919
1942		14,514	18	67	788
1941		13,383	17	75	716
1940		13,286	14	63	784
1939		14,140	11	65	751
1938		14,302	10	71	726
1937		15,299	9	88	620
1936		17,069	7	80	658
1935		18,223	7	90	619
1934		19,464	7	85	656
1933		19,290	5	64	765
1932		21,045	5	88	644
1931		19,117	5	81	666
1930		15,479	8	68	778
1929		11,665	13	55	910
1928		7,855	27	36	1,201
1927		6,032	41	33	1,284
1926		4,995	51	27	1,419
1925		4,030	66	27	1,436
1924		3,023	95	15	2,170
1923		2,304	117	18	1,906
1922		2,010	127	16	2,098
1921		1,791	142	11	2,713
1920		1,647	143	16	2,094
1919		1,248	174	16	2,017
1918		1,384	160	9	2,990
1917		1,048	182	13	2,234
1916		823	212	10	2,639
1915		784	210	7	3,226
1914		578	217	6	3,085
1913		412	238	< 5	--
1912		317	250	5	2,722
1911		233	254	7	1,470
1910		196	277	< 5	--
1909		142	303	< 5	--
1908		104	354	< 5	--
1907		109	336	< 5	--
1906		94	343	< 5	--
1905		104	332	< 5	--
1904		73	387	< 5	--
1903		63	402	5	1,210
1902		65	388	< 5	--
1901		52	418	< 5	--
1900		57	443	< 5	--
1899		28	584	< 5	--
1898		40	487	< 5	--
1897		33	516	< 5	--
1896		31	541	< 5	--
1895		28	569	< 5	--
1894		21	651	< 5	--
1893		22	619	< 5	--
1892		32	484	< 5	--
1891		14	736	< 5	--
1890		18	628	< 5	--
1889		21	562	< 5	--
1888		14	704	< 5	--
1887		15	600	< 5	--
1886		16	563	< 5	--
1885		9	772	< 5	--
1884		11	661	< 5	--
1883		6	867	< 5	--
1882		11	582	< 5	--
1881		6	784	< 5	--
1880		12	508	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.