Joan

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Joan is both a feminine form of the personal name John given to girls in the Anglosphere as well as the native masculine form of John in the Catalan-Valencian and Occitan languages.

From Wikipedia

Joan first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 6 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 125 babies (rank #67 that year). It was not in the 2025 data.

Numerology of Joan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Joan yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4Destiny numberThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
6PersonalityThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

492

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

125

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Mad Men: Joan Holloway — office manager

Famous people named Joan

Joan Fusterlinguistic rights activist · b. 1922
Joan Enric Vives SicíliaLatin Catholic priest · b. 1949
Joan Capdevilaassociation football player · b. 1978
Joan Laportasports executive · b. 1962
Joan Garciaassociation football player · b. 2001

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	125	#67
1953	110	#76
1954	84	#87
1955	93	#84
1956	79	#89
2014	1	#1,758