# Joanne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/joanne/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | “god is gracious” |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒoʊn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jo, Joann, Johanne |
| US babies named this | 212,474 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 504 / 211,970 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,685, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old French Joanne, from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

## What it means

Joanne is grouped under grace.

## 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 | 93 | 2,076 |
| 2012 | 102 | 1,932 |
| 2013 | 95 | 2,040 |
| 2014 | 114 | 1,800 |
| 2015 | 98 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 95 | 2,073 |
| 2017 | 109 | 1,870 |
| 2018 | 90 | 2,123 |
| 2019 | 99 | 1,965 |
| 2020 | 72 | 2,428 |
| 2021 | 70 | 2,521 |
| 2022 | 81 | 2,308 |
| 2023 | 70 | 2,534 |
| 2024 | 68 | 2,597 |
| 2025 | 66 | 2,630 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 11 | 2,544 |
| 1966 | 9 | 2,877 |
| 1967 | 9 | 2,866 |
| 1968 | 11 | 2,655 |
| 1969 | 9 | 3,190 |
| 1970 | 10 | 3,169 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,705 |
| 1974 | 7 | 4,380 |
| 1975 | 6 | 5,100 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,312 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,757 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,423 |
| 1986 | 7 | 5,615 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,747 |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,706 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 989 |
| 2012 | 36 | 998 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,360 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,817 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,343 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,326 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## People named Joanne

- Joanne Woodward, American actress (born 1930)
- Joanne Dru, American film and television actress (1922-1996)
- Joanne Whalley, British actress
- Joanne Harris, British and French author
- Joanne Froggatt, English actress
- Joanne Chory, American plant biologist and geneticist (1955–2024)
- Joanne Pavey, ESpañol long-distance runner
- Joanne Linville, American actress (1928–2021)
- Joanne Jackson, British swimmer
- Joanne Greenberg, American writer
- Joanne Goode, English badminton player
- JoAnne Russell, American tennis player

## 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.