Joann

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Joann: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Joann: Recorded since 1969, it reached #249 in 1974, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#249highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2018

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#3142
2008	#4524
2015	#5730
2017	#5765
2018	#5666

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 23 of the 27 years from 1969 to 1995.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #393 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1969–1995
Highest recorded position: #249 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1974 (recorded 1969–1995).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #5666 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Girls

Joann appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 194 births with the name.

Joann across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Joann's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#393 (1969)	#249 (1974)	#516 (1995)	23 of 27	194 (1969–1995)	17 (1982)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3142 (1998)	#5666 (2018)	6 of 23	20 (1996–2018)	4 (1998)

Joann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Joann in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970sbusiest	92	9 of 10	10
1980s	83	9 of 10	9
1990s	15	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Joann appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1969 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #249 in Republic of Ireland in 1974.

Joann's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	12	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	12	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	17	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	14	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#311	11	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#330	9	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#281	13	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	13	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	13	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	16	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	7	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#332	7	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1969 and 2018, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #249, first reached in 1974.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1982.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Joana · #896, 29y
Joanie · #638, 24y
Joanna · #29, 67y
Joanne · #4, 73y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Damion · #250, 28y
Huxley · #250, 24y
Naoimh · #248, 27y
Trina · #248, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Angelo · #250, 32y
Damion · #250, 28y
Edele · #248, 15y
Egidijus · #248, 28y

Joann was ranked #249 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1974. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Joann and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Joann without appearing here.

Joann moved ahead of

Camilla Compare
In 1991 they stood at #515 and #515 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #417 and #523.
Jude Compare
In 1973 they stood at #349 and #349 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1974 that had become #249 and #340.
Violet Compare
In 1973 they stood at #349 and #331 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1974 that had become #249 and #324.
Alma Compare
In 1991 they stood at #515 and #365 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #417 and #456.

Moved ahead of Joann

Holly Compare
In 1984 they stood at #288 and #365 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #519 and #242.
Ella Compare
In 1994 they stood at #417 and #456 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1995 that had become #516 and #242.
Cassandra Compare
In 1984 they stood at #288 and #365 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #519 and #267.
Megan Compare
In 1984 they stood at #288 and #320 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #519 and #283.

Moved the opposite way to Joann

Hayley Compare
Between 1972 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joann went from #332 to #516 while Hayley went from #471 to #73.
Jenny Compare
Between 1972 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joann went from #332 to #516 while Jenny went from #471 to #196.
Sophie Compare
Between 1972 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joann went from #332 to #516 while Sophie went from #300 to #40.
Katie Compare
Between 1973 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joann went from #349 to #516 while Katie went from #508 to #18.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1969 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #249 in Republic of Ireland in 1974. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Joann

Joann at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Joann across 2 official records

Joann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Joann appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Joann and the names beside it

Joann moved ahead of

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Joann at a glance

Joann across 2 official records

Joann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Joann appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Joann

Joann and the names beside it

Joann moved ahead of

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