The first name Joann

Joann last appeared in the official list in 2018, given to 3 girls. It peaked in 1996, with 4 births (#3,126).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Joann with other names.

In 2025, 54 girls born in the United States were named Joann, the 3,049th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1942, when 4,506 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Joann Sfar
  French comics artist, graphic novelist, and film director, born 1971
• Joann Lõssov
  Estonian basketball player, coach and sports pedagogue (1921–2000)
• JoAnn H. Morgan
  American aerospace engineer, born 1940
• Jo Ann Harris
  American actress (born 1949)
• JoAnn Falletta
  American conductor, born 1954
• Jo Ann Davis
  American politician (1950-2007)
• Joann Fletcher
  British egyptologist, born 1966
• Jo Ann Emerson
  American politician, born 1950
• JoAnn E. Manson
  American endocrinologist and epidemiologist, born 1953

• Ava
• Isabella
• Elizabeth
• Jessica
• Maria
• Abigail
• Maya
• Hannah
• Elsie
• Sarah
• Aria
• Molly
• Eliza
• Leah
• Delilah
• Isabel

All 346 names of Hebrew origin

What is the origin of the name Joann?

Joann comes from Hebrew.

How popular is the name Joann?

In 2018, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Joann, ranking 5,666th. Its peak was 1996, with 4 births.

Is Joann a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 157,456 US babies named Joann since 1880 were girls.

When was Joann most popular?

1942 in the United States, when 4,506 babies were named Joann, its highest rank at 58th.

What name is Joann a form of?

Joann is a form of Joan and Joanne.