Joan has been given to about 488,939 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1932, which makes it a interwar name.
Its best year was 1932, when 21,132 babies were given the name, ranking 5th. The typical living American called Joan is about 79 years old today. It is relatively most common in Wisconsin, where it accounts for 0.03% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.