The name Joann is of Greek origin, and is a feminine form of John.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Joann has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Joann
Use of the Name Joann for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
153,658
56,331
5,504
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Joann has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Joann first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1910, which is the first year shown on the table.
Joann last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1994, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Joann
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1910
984
20
1911
816
28
1912
1913
988
30
1914
761
58
1915
814
65
1916
807
72
1917
736
91
1918
678
112
1919
728
93
1920
599
144
1921
587
151
1922
480
207
1923
416
260
1924
340
387
1925
305
470
1926
267
624
1927
227
784
1928
201
1,005
1929
144
1,548
1930
118
2,130
1931
90
2,651
1932
79
3,117
1933
72
3,208
1934
50
4,142
1935
53
3,913
1936
55
3,881
1937
58
3,940
1938
68
3,706
1939
57
3,993
1940
63
3,796
1941
58
4,278
1942
58
4,507
1943
60
4,452
1944
64
3,974
1945
80
3,468
1946
90
3,931
1947
89
4,274
1948
94
3,793
1949
101
3,514
1950
98
3,597
1951
104
3,415
1952
116
3,262
1953
121
3,175
1954
129
3,061
1955
137
2,933
1956
139
2,993
1957
137
3,055
1958
122
3,693
1959
130
3,456
1960
131
3,415
1961
137
3,341
1962
137
3,107
1963
151
2,658
1964
148
2,735
1965
158
2,395
1966
164
2,112
1967
178
1,798
1968
190
1,679
1969
196
1,638
1970
206
1,555
1971
220
1,382
1972
247
1,103
1973
245
1,038
1974
244
1,058
1975
259
936
1976
287
800
1977
324
724
1978
360
588
1979
356
635
1980
388
595
1981
426
507
1982
429
508
1983
457
448
1984
466
448
1985
507
400
1986
552
367
1987
563
355
1988
601
332
1989
659
310
1990
683
312
1991
745
280
1992
872
227
1993
889
217
1994
940
198
Totals:
153,658
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Joann as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Joann appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 84 times during the last 125 years.