How Many People Are Named Joan Crawford?

There are approximately 100 people named Joan Crawford living in the United States today. That makes this name combination uncommon, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 3,427,543 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Joan with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Crawford. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

100

1 in 3,427,543 Americans

Combination Rarity

Uncommon

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Joan

Last Name

Crawford

Joan: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Joan. The peak year was 1932 with 21,132 births. The average person named Joan today is 72 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Joan

In the 2020 Census, the first name Joan was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (87.47%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (5.71%) and Hispanic (3.63%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Joan in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Joan rose or fell over time.

White

87.47%

Black

5.71%

Hispanic

3.63%

Asian/Pacific Islander

1.73%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.30%

Two or More Races

1.16%

Ancestry of the Crawford Surname

The surname Crawford was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Crawford in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

66.11%

Black

24.74%

Hispanic

3.25%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.61%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.68%

Two or More Races

4.61%

How we calculated this

The first name "Joan" has an estimated frequency of 0.0549% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Crawford" appears at a rate of 53.24 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Joan are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 100 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Joan

Joan Smith Joan Johnson Joan Williams Joan Brown Joan Jones Joan Garcia Joan Allen Joan Collins

Other people with the surname Crawford

Michael Crawford James Crawford John Crawford David Crawford Robert Crawford William Crawford Carl Crawford Billy Crawford

Joan Crawford: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Joan Crawford?

We estimate approximately 100 people named Joan Crawford are alive in the United States today. The first name Joan is shared by 188,263 Americans, and the surname Crawford is shared by 182,493.

How rare is the name Joan Crawford?

This name combination is classified as Uncommon, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 3,427,543 Americans. The first name Joan is common and the surname Crawford is common.

Is Joan a male or female name?

Joan is predominantly female, with 1.5% of bearers being male and 98.5% female. It peaked in popularity in 1932 and the average bearer today is 72 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Joan?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Joan was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (87.47%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (5.71%) and Hispanic (3.63%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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