Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Joan in π?

Joan is in π. First stop: decimal place 7,026.

Spelling Joan on a phone

  1. J5
  2. O6
  3. A2
  4. N6

On a phone, Joan is 5626. That's the 4-digit run we look for.

Joan in the digits

Decimal place 7,026. It sits about 7,026 digits after the 3.

Next door in π

  • 494 digits back to Osaka
  • 982 digits back to millers
  • Oslo, 702 digits on
  • Niels Bohr, 950 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is Osaka, 494 digits to the left.

Fun facts

π wrote 7,026 digits before it got round to you. Worth the wait!

Printed at one digit per centimetre, the tape to your name would be 70.3 m long.

Among popular names

In the race through π, Joan comes in at number 256 of 2,007, ahead of 87% of the 2,007 names.

Names nearby in π

Joan made our list from the US baby-name charts.

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Your number is in π.*

We looked. All 100 billion digits. Twice, for luck.

A phone number, a birthday like 14/03/1999, a word, or up to four words like i love you. We won't tell anyone what you type. * Probably. 99.995% of ten-digit numbers. The other 0.005% are being difficult.

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