Girl
Joann
Rooted in Hebrew, Joann is a girl's name that means "God is gracious". It had its heyday in the 1940s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. 1942 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
HebrewGod is gracious
HebrewBlend of Jo and Ann
Births by decade
1900s
102
1910s
593
1920s
5,584
1930s
34,829
1940s
40,139
1950s
32,720
1960s
24,968
1970s
9,859
1980s
4,294
1990s
2,071
2000s
1,155
2010s
577
Peaked in the 1940s · 156,891 total U.S. births since 1900