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Baby name
Joan
Girl
Origin of the name
Joan is the English feminine of John, through the Old French Johanne. It is the name of Joan of Arc.
Short-lived name
481,238births since 1880
1930sgeneration
No. 5rank at its peak, in 1932
Where babies named Joan are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Joan is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Joan is most common in Rhode Island (2.2 times), New York (2.2) and Massachusetts (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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