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Joany

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Joan with the suffix -y

Joany has been given to 64 babies in the U.S. since 1958. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1985, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% girls, 8% boys all-time.

Babies named Joany, 2019

1 in 694,000

Joany over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Joany over time

In 2019, Joany went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19582019

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Joany: meaning, origin, and history

Joan with the suffix -y

French and Hebrew

What Joany means

Joany is formed from Joan with the suffix -y.

Origin, language, and formation

Joany is used in English. Its origins include French and Hebrew.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Joan and Joanie.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 59 girls were recorded with the name Joany between 1958 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1985; its best national rank was #6,208 in 1985.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Joany between 2005 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2005; its best national rank was #12,278 in 2005.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Joany?

Joany had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2019
1 in 694,000
5 of 3,472,229 births
Among girls only
1 in 336,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2019
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
481,354 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Joany sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2019 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 481,354 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Joany. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Joanys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Joany was born before 1985 — so the typical Joany is around 40 today.

Median birth year
1985
About 40 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
54.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
27.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
59
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 54.2% of all recorded uses (32).

Is Joany rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1985 (11)
Years since peak
40
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
46.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,208
1985

Spellings of Joany

Joany is not the most common spelling — Joan is, with 20.3% against Joany's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Joany around the world

Where Joany ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    1986–2020
    #7,358
    in 2020
  • Canada
    1991–2008
    #3,151
    in 2008
  • South Australia
    1958–1958
    #598
    in 1958

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Joany by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#6,208
1985
Peak year
1985
11 that year
First recorded
1958
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
59
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#12,278
2005
Peak year
2005
5 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2005
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Joany

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

IranyJoalyJoanahJoaSuanyIlanyEleanyLoanyEllanyJoaniAmanyDilanyJelanyJohanyKelanySianyLeanyNalanyLanyDebanyKianyNailanyDianyIliany

Sibling names for Joany

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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