# Joann (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/joann/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 157,456 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 564 / 156,892 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 73 | 2,493 |
| 2012 | 56 | 3,029 |
| 2013 | 68 | 2,615 |
| 2014 | 71 | 2,523 |
| 2015 | 87 | 2,179 |
| 2016 | 70 | 2,549 |
| 2017 | 75 | 2,414 |
| 2018 | 75 | 2,410 |
| 2019 | 62 | 2,736 |
| 2020 | 63 | 2,671 |
| 2021 | 56 | 2,977 |
| 2022 | 78 | 2,374 |
| 2023 | 53 | 3,122 |
| 2024 | 53 | 3,063 |
| 2025 | 54 | 3,049 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5 | 6,744 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,756 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,659 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7,982 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,648 |
| 2002 | 5 | 11,525 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8,204 |
| 2004 | 9 | 7,843 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,285 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,286 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11,761 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,465 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,405 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,109 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |

## People named Joann

- Joann Sfar, French comics artist, graphic novelist, and film director
- Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player, coach and sports pedagogue (1921–2000)
- JoAnn H. Morgan, American aerospace engineer
- Jo Ann Harris, American actress (born 1949)
- JoAnn Falletta, American conductor
- Jo Ann Davis, American politician (1950-2007)
- Joann Fletcher, British egyptologist
- Jo Ann Emerson, American politician
- JoAnn E. Manson, American endocrinologist and epidemiologist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.