Feminine dossier · first seen 1880
Joanna
Stable Decline
Gradual decline from 1984
Peak era
1984
Peak births
3,332
Current vitality
Fragile
Peak generation
Millennial
Quick answers about Joanna
How many people are named Joanna?
An estimated 93,639 living Americans are named Joanna.
How rare is Joanna?
Joanna is moderately uncommon among babies today, with 997 girls receiving the name in 2025, down 70.1% from its 1984 peak.
How old is the typical Joanna?
The median age of a living American named Joanna is approximately 37 years, with most bearers falling between 21 and 49 years old.
Is Joanna still popular?
Not especially. Joanna has been declining since its 1984 peak and registered 997 births in 2025.
Where is Joanna most common?
Joanna has its strongest geographic signal in Indiana, where it appears 3.1× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19842025
Peak year
1984
Decline from peak
70.1%
2025
997
All-time
111,761
Where it lives now
Joanna is most concentrated in Iowa — about 2.2× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in Kansas.
States where Joanna is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.