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Joan
Pronounced /d͡ʒoʊn/
Rank in 2024
#1,012
Born in 2024
220
Peak year
2002 · #782
Origin
Catalan, French
Also recorded for girls:188 in 2024 (#1,240)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 220 boys were named Joan, about 1 in every 7,797.
- It peaked in 2002 with 221 babies, ranked #782.
- It first shows up in the records in 1903.
- 7,469 boys have been named Joan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Joan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 241 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 1,206 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 512 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 253 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 552 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,536 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,169 babies, 0.10 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A clipped or hypochoristic form of Joanna, from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of John and Jack. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
- A female given name from French, a feminine form of John.
- A male given name from Catalan, a form of John.
- Origin
- Catalan, French
- Say it
- /d͡ʒoʊn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Joan, CC BY-SA 4.0.