The baby name Joan appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1932 with 26,662 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Joan has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 177 |
| 1911 | 213 |
| 1912 | 321 |
| 1913 | 413 |
| 1914 | 647 |
| 1915 | 952 |
| 1916 | 971 |
| 1917 | 1,262 |
| 1918 | 1,717 |
| 1919 | 1,471 |
| 1920 | 2,016 |
| 1921 | 2,158 |
| 1922 | 2,237 |
| 1923 | 3,173 |
| 1924 | 4,443 |
| 1925 | 6,027 |
| 1925 | 7 |
| 1926 | 7,538 |
| 1926 | 10 |
| 1927 | 9,140 |
| 1927 | 5 |
| 1928 | 11,848 |
| 1928 | 6 |
| 1929 | 17,624 |
| 1929 | 16 |
| 1930 | 23,125 |
| 1930 | 42 |
| 1931 | 24,311 |
| 1931 | 56 |
| 1932 | 26,662 |
| 1932 | 58 |
| 1933 | 24,411 |
| 1933 | 27 |
| 1934 | 23,149 |
| 1934 | 65 |
| 1935 | 20,736 |
| 1935 | 65 |
| 1936 | 20,048 |
| 1936 | 67 |
| 1937 | 18,000 |
| 1937 | 60 |
| 1938 | 16,685 |
| 1938 | 41 |
| 1939 | 15,829 |
| 1939 | 41 |
| 1940 | 15,255 |
| 1940 | 25 |
| 1941 | 14,672 |
| 1941 | 36 |
| 1942 | 15,556 |
| 1942 | 20 |
| 1943 | 15,311 |
| 1943 | 11 |
| 1944 | 12,991 |
| 1944 | 17 |
| 1945 | 11,371 |
| 1945 | 5 |
| 1946 | 12,326 |
| 1946 | 6 |
| 1947 | 13,015 |
| 1947 | 6 |
| 1948 | 10,794 |
| 1949 | 10,752 |
| 1949 | 10 |
| 1950 | 10,954 |
| 1950 | 6 |
| 1951 | 11,555 |
| 1952 | 12,961 |
| 1953 | 12,210 |
| 1954 | 11,397 |
| 1954 | 5 |
| 1955 | 10,148 |
| 1955 | 21 |
| 1956 | 9,799 |
| 1956 | 10 |
| 1957 | 9,765 |
| 1957 | 12 |
| 1958 | 8,828 |
| 1959 | 8,263 |
| 1959 | 5 |
| 1960 | 7,658 |
| 1961 | 7,261 |
| 1961 | 5 |
| 1962 | 5,441 |
| 1963 | 5,251 |
| 1964 | 4,841 |
| 1964 | 6 |
| 1965 | 3,824 |
| 1966 | 3,099 |
| 1967 | 2,691 |
| 1967 | 6 |
| 1968 | 2,133 |
| 1969 | 1,863 |
| 1970 | 1,536 |
| 1971 | 1,176 |
| 1972 | 831 |
| 1973 | 635 |
| 1974 | 610 |
| 1975 | 601 |
| 1976 | 488 |
| 1977 | 518 |
| 1978 | 472 |
| 1979 | 440 |
| 1980 | 471 |
| 1981 | 402 |
| 1981 | 5 |
| 1982 | 350 |
| 1983 | 329 |
| 1984 | 296 |
| 1985 | 315 |
| 1986 | 236 |
| 1987 | 254 |
| 1987 | 10 |
| 1988 | 260 |
| 1988 | 17 |
| 1989 | 239 |
| 1989 | 8 |
| 1990 | 218 |
| 1990 | 19 |
| 1991 | 238 |
| 1991 | 15 |
| 1992 | 204 |
| 1992 | 13 |
| 1993 | 180 |
| 1993 | 13 |
| 1994 | 137 |
| 1994 | 12 |
| 1995 | 95 |
| 1995 | 13 |
| 1996 | 99 |
| 1996 | 32 |
| 1997 | 108 |
| 1997 | 68 |
| 1998 | 60 |
| 1998 | 59 |
| 1999 | 59 |
| 1999 | 54 |
| 2000 | 115 |
| 2000 | 131 |
| 2001 | 82 |
| 2001 | 156 |
| 2002 | 55 |
| 2002 | 104 |
| 2003 | 60 |
| 2003 | 80 |
| 2004 | 63 |
| 2004 | 106 |
| 2005 | 72 |
| 2005 | 134 |
| 2006 | 43 |
| 2006 | 154 |
| 2007 | 23 |
| 2007 | 135 |
| 2008 | 19 |
| 2008 | 133 |
| 2009 | 22 |
| 2009 | 128 |
| 2010 | 18 |
| 2010 | 107 |
| 2011 | 26 |
| 2011 | 43 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2012 | 105 |
| 2013 | 12 |
| 2013 | 144 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2014 | 121 |
| 2015 | 57 |
| 2015 | 181 |
| 2016 | 46 |
| 2016 | 190 |
| 2017 | 105 |
| 2017 | 135 |
| 2018 | 71 |
| 2018 | 120 |
| 2019 | 72 |
| 2019 | 105 |
| 2020 | 79 |
| 2020 | 92 |
| 2021 | 122 |
| 2021 | 163 |
| 2022 | 118 |
| 2022 | 150 |
| 2023 | 148 |
| 2023 | 151 |
| 2024 | 169 |
| 2024 | 168 |