Joan, as it's now considered old fashioned, is actually a little more trendy than the other kids names, which always rang a little false to me. What affluent, trendy, Brooklyn parents name their kids Whitney, Stacy and Trevor? Maybe Martin, possibly Whitney if it's a family name. Someone like Helen would have given her kids names like Rose, Sophia, Finn, Nathaniel, Owen, Alex, Abby, etc. Actually Max and Noah are more appropriate names for kids born in the late 90's early 00's.
I don't know why I brought that up - it just has rubbed me the wrong way the whole time.