JOAN is ranked as the 79th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 750,848.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 235.48 people named JOAN for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named JOAN is 324,641.
The SSA data also shows that JOAN is used as a girl's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
JOAN is
82.9% White,
3.4% Hispanic origin,
10.4% Black,
1.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name JOAN have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name JOAN is included in the following name categories:
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
English surname
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name JOAN
The state with the most people named
JOAN is
New York where
73,927 people have this name.
Pennsylvania is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named JOAN, as
423 in every 100,000
Pennsylvanians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
Pennsylvania is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Texas
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
2 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name JOAN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
36,606
284.19
99.9%
Indiana
15,303
231.98
99.7%
Iowa
7,579
243.93
99.7%
Kansas
6,610
227.63
99.4%
Michigan
22,899
231.07
99.9%
Minnesota
15,192
278.38
99.8%
Missouri
4,055
135.44
99.2%
Nebraska
6,196
329.29
99.5%
North Dakota
2,059
278.38
98.8%
Ohio
31,488
271.58
99.8%
South Dakota
2,803
328.56
99.0%
Wisconsin
18,458
320.59
99.8%
West States
State stats for the first name JOAN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,513
205.38
98.0%
Arizona
19,976
296.75
99.8%
California
73,307
188.92
99.9%
Colorado
13,256
247.51
99.7%
Hawaii
1,812
127.66
99.3%
Idaho
3,576
218.79
99.2%
Montana
3,318
324.18
99.3%
Nevada
6,723
236.78
99.6%
New Mexico
4,373
209.69
99.3%
Oregon
10,894
274.38
99.7%
Utah
5,913
200.92
99.4%
Washington
15,355
217.44
99.8%
Wyoming
1,417
242.64
98.4%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name JOAN
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have JOAN as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named JOAN.
The most popular full name is JOAN Smith.
0.77% of all the people named JOAN
have this family name.
There are 54451 last
names associated with this first name.