Name → State Lookup

Enter any baby name to see which US states have the most births of that name. Reverse lookup tool built on 2,335,053 rows of SSA state-level data 1910–2025.

Top States for Joan (girls)

438,948 all-time US births Peaked 1932 with 21,044 births (rank #5)

New York →

78,558 births · 17.9%

Pennsylvania →

45,529 births · 10.4%

28,768 births · 6.6%

26,416 births · 6%

24,446 births · 5.6%

21,776 births · 5%

20,474 births · 4.7%

19,785 births · 4.5%

15,742 births · 3.6%

12,191 births · 2.8%

9,444 births · 2.2%

9,135 births · 2.1%

8,882 births · 2%

8,130 births · 1.9%

7,565 births · 1.7%

See cross-state distinctiveness atlas for each state's most-uniquely-owned name, or browse all 51 states.

How it works: Queries name_popularity_state (2,335,053 SSA state-level rows) for the entered name, summed across all years 1910–2025. Top 15 states by total births are returned. Names rare enough to fall under SSA's 5-occurrence privacy threshold may not appear at all. Source: US Social Security Administration · methodology.

Name → State Lookup

Top States for Joan (girls)

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