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How popular is “Joanna” in the USA?

Number of people named “Joanna” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Joanna” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Joanna” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Joanna” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Joanna” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Joanna” by birth year

This chart shows how “Joanna” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 26 0.000129042 26 100%
1881 21 0.000108984 21 100%
1882 15 0.00006771 15 100%
1883 33 0.000152112 33 100%
1884 24 0.000098578 24 100%
1885 40 0.000166076 40 100%
1886 35 0.000137085 35 100%
1887 32 0.000129349 32 100%
1888 37 0.00012355 37 100%
1889 27 0.000093443 27 100%
1890 33 0.000109489 33 100%
1891 36 0.000125579 36 100%
1892 42 0.000125608 42 100%
1893 36 0.000110693 36 100%
1894 44 0.000129912 44 100%
1895 29 0.000082616 29 100%
1896 37 0.000103501 37 100%
1897 50 0.00014411 50 100%
1898 42 0.000110105 42 100%
1899 40 0.000117913 40 100%
1900 37 0.000082175 37 100%
1901 31 0.000089644 31 100%
1902 26 0.00006723 26 100%
1903 45 0.000118048 45 100%
1904 37 0.000091701 37 100%
1905 41 0.000096716 41 100%
1906 40 0.00009336 40 100%
1907 32 0.00006876 32 100%
1908 54 0.000110509 54 100%
1909 48 0.000093892 48 100%
1910 49 0.000082951 49 100%
1911 59 0.000091575 59 100%
1912 73 0.000073882 73 100%
1913 94 0.000082666 94 100%
1914 81 0.000057189 81 100%
1915 147 0.000080222 147 100%
1916 168 0.000086848 168 100%
1917 170 0.000084714 170 100%
1918 180 0.000082907 180 100%
1919 165 0.00007819 165 100%
1920 167 0.000073807 167 100%
1921 160 0.000068537 160 100%
1922 185 0.000080816 185 100%
1923 199 0.000086429 199 100%
1924 208 0.000087336 208 100%
1925 236 0.000101144 236 100%
1926 281 0.000122392 281 100%
1927 238 0.000102615 238 100%
1928 285 0.000126054 285 100%
1929 274 0.000124991 274 100%
1930 359 0.000161473 359 100%
1931 331 0.00015729 331 100%
1932 337 0.000159618 337 100%
1933 367 0.000183551 367 100%
1934 480 0.000231123 480 100%
1935 424 0.000202881 424 100%
1936 361 0.00017376 361 100%
1937 438 0.000205569 438 100%
1938 427 0.000192988 427 100%
1939 390 0.000176996 390 100%
1940 412 0.000178922 412 100%
1941 417 0.000171152 417 100%
1942 502 0.00018376 502 100%
1943 514 0.000182104 514 100%
1944 454 0.000168768 454 100%
1945 425 0.000160201 425 100%
1946 498 0.000155854 498 100%
1947 509 0.000141298 509 100%
1948 515 0.000149166 515 100%
1949 463 0.000132864 463 100%
1950 478 0.000136441 478 100%
1951 445 0.000120801 445 100%
1952 407 0.000107162 407 100%
1953 411 0.000106652 411 100%
1954 471 0.000118321 471 100%
1955 455 0.000113323 455 100%
1956 482 0.000116904 482 100%
1957 582 0.000138501 582 100%
1958 665 0.000160865 665 100%
1959 755 0.000181578 755 100%
1960 820 0.000197409 820 100%
1961 865 0.000208821 865 100%
1962 834 0.000206672 834 100%
1963 888 0.000224344 888 100%
1964 878 0.000225846 878 100%
1965 909 0.000250728 909 100%
1966 890 0.000256067 890 100%
1967 865 0.000254794 858 7 98%
1968 1035 0.000306357 1035 100%
1969 1222 0.000351622 1217 5 99%
1970 1336 0.000370441 1331 5 99%
1971 1372 0.000399726 1372 100%
1972 1423 0.000452753 1423 100%
1973 1664 0.000551562 1664 100%
1974 1779 0.000585198 1772 7 99%
1975 1705 0.000564683 1699 6 99%
1976 1725 0.0005685 1718 7 99%
1977 1565 0.000492682 1565 100%
1978 1356 0.000427239 1349 7 99%
1979 1398 0.000420198 1388 10 99%
1980 1734 0.00050341 1726 8 99%
1981 1837 0.000531021 1827 10 99%
1982 1848 0.000526802 1834 14 98%
1983 2127 0.000614147 2120 7 99%
1984 3353 0.000961088 3332 21 99%
1985 2795 0.000783108 2772 23 98%
1986 2247 0.000631698 2227 20 98%
1987 2076 0.000575769 2056 20 98%
1988 2221 0.000601076 2206 15 99%
1989 2132 0.000554566 2116 16 98%
1990 2241 0.000566986 2230 11 99%
1991 1962 0.000503688 1951 11 99%
1992 1839 0.000478748 1825 14 98%
1993 1649 0.000437368 1638 11 99%
1994 1631 0.000438718 1624 7 99%
1995 1605 0.000438267 1597 8 99%
1996 1405 0.000385228 1405 100%
1997 1409 0.000388609 1409 100%
1998 1281 0.000348268 1281 100%
1999 1334 0.000361139 1327 7 99%
2000 1349 0.000356887 1349 100%
2001 1560 0.000416735 1555 5 99%
2002 1335 0.000357115 1335 100%
2003 1309 0.000344264 1303 6 99%
2004 1287 0.00033683 1279 8 99%
2005 1167 0.000303523 1167 100%
2006 1289 0.000325819 1289 100%
2007 1392 0.000348202 1392 100%
2008 1194 0.000303765 1194 100%
2009 1111 0.000290824 1106 5 99%
2010 1066 0.00028844 1066 100%
2011 976 0.000266828 976 100%
2012 974 0.000266312 974 100%
2013 945 0.000259212 945 100%
2014 1027 0.00027709 1022 5 99%
2015 1065 0.000287767 1065 100%
2016 1274 0.000347262 1274 100%
2017 1352 0.000378055 1352 100%
2018 1454 0.00041355 1454 100%
2019 1280 0.000368777 1280 100%
2020 1175 0.000351736 1175 100%
2021 1101 0.000324975 1101 100%
2022 1002 0.000296175 1002 100%
2023 918 0.000277241 918 100%
2024 942 0.00028301 942 100%

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