Joani
Joani is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Joani Blank (1937–2016), American sex educator Joani Reid, Scottish politician Joani Tremblay, Canadian painter
Meaning & Origin of Joani
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Joani is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Joani Blank (1937–2016), American sex educator Joani Reid, Scottish politician Joani Tremblay, Canadian painter
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The Story of Joani
American parents first put Joani on the record books as a baby girl name in 1945, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1960, when 24 Joanis were born — ranking #2,431 that year. About 26% of every Joani on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Joani last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 609 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Joani
Joani is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1945 and has accumulated 609 births in the dataset. Joani's peak popularity came in 1960 when it ranked #2,431. Use the chart and map above to compare Joani's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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