Juan — #137 US boys' name
363,250 babies named Juan in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.0% of names given to boys today.
21% of everyone ever named Juan was born in this single decade.
8,230 babies were named Juan in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Juan
The Social Security Administration has registered 363,250 babies named Juan between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Juan currently holds the #137 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 8,230 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Juan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 75,845 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Juan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 117,978 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Juan in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Juan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 363,250 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Juan at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Juan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2005)
- 8,230
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #137 among boys.
363,250 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 8,230 births in a single year.
Juan popularity over time — girls
2,760 total births recorded since 1915 (Juan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Juan accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Juan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 75,845 births that decade — 21% of Juan's all-time total
Juan decade highlights
- Peak decade 75,845 births
- Runner-up 70,913 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Juan's strongest decade
75,845 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Juan by state
Where Juan concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 117,978 | 32.5% |
| #2 | California | | 95,488 | 26.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 20,096 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 16,310 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 14,561 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 11,797 | 3.2% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 6,846 | 1.9% |
| #8 | New Mexico | | 6,368 | 1.8% |
117,978 of 363,250 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 32.5% of nationwide
- California 26.3% of nationwide
- New York 5.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.5% of nationwide
- Florida 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 48 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 32.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Juan appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.