Joan

Girl French #1365 in 2023

Joan is a girl name of French origin.

Meaning of Joan

A clipped or hypochoristic form of Joanna, from Joanna, from Ἰωάννα, from יוֹחָנָה, the feminized form of which produced John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name

Popularity of Joan

Popularity, 1880–2023

365 births in 2023

1880 2023

480,828 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023. Used for both boys and girls — see notes below.

Peak year

1932

21,132 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Rising

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.